F.T.C. v. PHOEBE PUTNEY HEALTH SYSTEM, INC.

No. 11-12906.

663 F.3d 1369 (2011)

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellant, State of Georgia, Plaintiff, v. PHOEBE PUTNEY HEALTH SYSTEM, INC., Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, Inc., Phoebe North, Inc., HCA, Inc., Palmyra Park Hospital, Inc., Hospital Authority of Albany-Dougherty County, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

December 9, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Imad Dean Abyad , John F. Daly , Edward D. Hassi , Leslie Rice Melman , Priya B. Viswanath , Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC, Michael J. Moore , U.S. Atty., Macon, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Robert M. Brennan , John H. Parker, Jr. , Thomas D. Watry , Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs, LLP, Ronan P. Doherty , Michael A. Caplan , Frank M. Lowrey, IV , Bondurant, Mixon, & Elmore, LLP, Amy J. McCullough , Baudino Law Group, Atlanta, GA, James C. Egan, Jr. , Jonathan L. Sickler , Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP, Lee Kavel Van Voorhis , Baker & McKenzie, LLP, Washington, DC, Kevin J. Arquit , Nicholas F. Cohen , Paul C. Gluckow , Aimee H. Goldstein , Jennifer Rie , Meryl G. Rosen , Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, LLP, New York City, Charles E. Peeler , Flynn & Peeler, LLC, Karin Allen Middleton , Baudino Law Group, Edgar B. Wilkin, Jr. , Albany, GA, Robert J. Baudino, Jr. , David J. Darrell , Baudino Law Group, Des Moines, IA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before TJOFLAT and CARNES, Circuit Judges, and MICKLE, District Judge.


TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

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In 1941, the Georgia legislature enacted the Hospital Authorities Law, 1941 Ga. Laws 241 (codified as amended at O.C.G.A. § 31-7-70 et seq.). That statute creates a hospital authority, "a public body corporate and politic," for each city and county, O.C.G.A. § 31-7-72(a), or for multiple cities or counties combined, id. § 31-7-72(d). The hospital authority does not become operative, however...

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