Bobby Watts, M.D. v. John H. Burkhart, M.D., Howard R. Foreman, M.D., Alvin J. Ingram, M.D., I. Lee Arnold, M.D., and Duane C. Budd, M.D.

U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit · Decided 1992-10-28

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BOYCE F. .MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judge, with whom MERRITT, Chief Judge, and NATHANIEL R. JONES, Circuit Judge, join, dissenting. I dissent from the majority opinion because I believe qualified immunity, not absolute immunity, is the appropriate standard under Section 1983 for the Tennessee medical licensing board. Tennessee licensing board members who are app…

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