Wilk v. American Medical Ass'n

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Wilk v. American Medical Association
Court	United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Full case name	Dr. Chester A. Wilk, D.C., et al v. American Medical Association, et al
Argued	December 1, 1988
Decided	February 7, 1990
Citation	895 F.2d 352 (7th Cir. 1990)
Case history
Prior history	635 F.2d 1295 (7th Cir. 1981) 719 F.2d 207 (7th Cir. 1983) 671 F. Supp. 1465 (N.D. Ill. 1987)
Subsequent history	Rehearing en banc denied, April 25, 1990
Court membership
Judges sitting	Harlington Wood Jr., Kenneth Francis Ripple, Daniel Anthony Manion
Case opinions
Majority	Manion, joined by Wood, Ripple
Laws applied
Sherman Antitrust Act

Wilk v. American Medical Association, 895 F.2d 352 (7th Cir. 1990),^[1] was a federal antitrust suit brought against the American Medical Association (AMA) and 10 co-defendants by chiropractor Chester A. Wilk, DC, and four co-plaintiffs. It resulted in a ruling against the AMA.