The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is allowing a civil rights suit filed by a physicians’ association to go forward against the Texas Medical Board, reversing a lower court ruling that the doctors’ group lacked standing.
The case is important because it allows associations to pursue injunctive relief without members’ individual participation in the litigation. There is a split of authority among the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals on the issue.
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