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GOLDEN v. CALIF. EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS MED. GROUP

No. 12-16514.

782 F.3d 1083 (2015)

Donald GOLDEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CALIFORNIA EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS MEDICAL GROUP; Med America; Mark Alderdice; Robert Buscho, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 8, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Raines, Gagen, McCoy, McMahon and Armstrong, Danville, Cal., argued the cause and filed the briefs for the plaintiff-appellant.

Sarah E. Robertson, Fitzgerald, Abbott & Beardsley LLP, Oakland, Cal., argued the cause for defendants-appellees. Mark Alan Delgado, Fitzgerald, Abbott & Beardsley LLP, Oakland, Cal., filed the brief for defendants-appellees. With him on the brief was Sarah E. Robertson, Fitzgerald, Abbott & Beardsley LLP, Oakland, Cal.

Opinion by Judge O'SCANNLAIN; Dissent by Judge KOZINSKI.

OPINION

We must decide whether California law prohibits a settlement agreement that may constrain a physician's freedom to practice medicine.

I

A

Donald Golden, M.D., is an emergencyroom doctor formerly affiliated with the California Emergency Physicians Medical Group (together with...

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