Untracht v. Fikri
Untracht v. Fikri
Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Dr. Steven H. Untracht brought an action in U.S. District Court against 29 physicians, health care professionals, medical groups, health systems, and medical facilities, claiming violation of his civil rights under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1983, federal antitrust violations, defamation, and other state law causes of action, including intentional infliction of emotional distress, tortious interference with exist
The District Court had jurisdiction of this case under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1367. We have jurisdiction of this appeal under 42 U.S.C. § 1981. We have carefully considered the very thorough, 69 page memorandum opinion of the District Court, 454 F.Supp.2d 289, the appellate briefs of the parties, and the oral argument before this Court. For the reasons stated by the District Court, we will affirm its August 26, 2006, judgment in favor of the defendants.
Reference
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- Steven H. UNTRACHT, M.D., PH.D., FA.C.S. v. M.D. Erden FIKRI M.D. Dinesh Mathur M.D. Vincent Fiorica M.D. Terry Wahl David R. Davis M.D. Sanders Ergas M.D. P. James Ridella M.D. Bhaskaran Murali Will H. Farthing, M.D. Brian Gunnlaugson, M.D. Richard Cartwright, M.D. Denise Weisbrodt, R.N. Richard Saluzzo, M.D. Jacob Kolff, M.D. Bruce Duke, M.D. Narendra Pai, M.D. William Fritz, M.D. Paul Weygandt, M.D. Nicholas Jacobs James Church, M.D. Robert D. Fry, M.D. Larry Kaiser, M.D. William M. Carney, M.D. Harvey Slater, M.D. George H. Benz, Jr., M.D. University of Pennsylvania Cleveland Clinic Foundation Stewart M. Flam R. Joseph Federowicz Dickie McCamey & Chilcote, a Professional Corporation Associated Anesthesiologists of Johnstown UPMC Health System, Inc. UPMC Lee Regional Hospital Conemaugh Health System Memorial Medical Center Windber Medical Center John Does 1-20 Lee Regional Health System, Inc. Lee Regional Health System Foundation, Inc. Steven H. Untracht
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