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U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Review Jung Antitrust Case

For Immediate Release

Press Release

Contact: Retha Sherrod
202-828-0975
rsherrod@aamc.org

Supreme Court document; see p. 23 (PDF, 31 pages)

Background on the residents' lawsuit

Washington, D.C., January 10, 2007 - The U.S. Supreme Court this week declined to review the lawsuit, Paul Jung, M.D. et al v. Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), et al. The antitrust lawsuit was filed by three former resident physicians against the National Resident Matching Program, its five sponsors, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, and 29 teaching hospitals in May 2002. The U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed the antitrust claims with decisions in August 2004 and January 2005 and the Court of Appeals affirmed those rulings in June 2006.

AAMC President, Darrell G. Kirch, M.D., issued the following comments on the Supreme Court's decision:

"We are pleased that the nation's highest court has finally closed the books on this long legal battle. For more than fifty years, the National Resident Matching Program has provided a fair and efficient process that enables U.S. medical schools and teaching hospitals to train the most highly skilled physicians in the world. With this decision, medical students and residency programs can continue to reap the benefits of this valuable program."

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The Association of American Medical Colleges is a not-for-profit association representing all 129 accredited U.S. and 17 accredited Canadian medical schools; nearly 400 major teaching hospitals and health systems, including 68 Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers; and 94 academic and scientific societies. Through these institutions and organizations, the AAMC represents 109,000 faculty members, 67,000 medical students, and 104,000 resident physicians. Additional information about the AAMC and U.S. medical schools and teaching hospitals is available at www.aamc.org/newsroom.