PATRICK v. BURGET

No. 86-1145.

486 U.S. 94 (1988)

PATRICK v. BURGET ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 16, 1988


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbee B. Lyon argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief was Don H. Marmaduke.

Thomas M. Triplett argued the cause and filed a brief for respondents.*


JUSTICE MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court.

The question presented in this case is whether the state-action doctrine of Parker v. Brown, 317 U.S. 341 (1943), protects physicians in the State of Oregon from federal antitrust liability for their activities on hospital peer-review committees.

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Astoria, Oregon, where the events giving rise to this lawsuit took place, is a city of approximately 10...

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