DOCTORS, INC. v. BLUE CROSS OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA

No. 73-1539.

490 F.2d 48 (1973)

DOCTORS, INC., a/k/a Doctors Hospital, Appellant, v. BLUE CROSS OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA a/k/a Associated Hospital Service of Philadelphia and Hospital Survey Committee, Inc.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided December 28, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Francis Gough, Michael H. Malin, White & Williams, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.

Henry T. Reath, Duane, Morris & Heckscher, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee Hospital Survey Committee, Inc.

Miles W. Kirkpatrick, Richard P. Brown, Jr., Stephen W. Armstrong, Raymond T. Cullen, Jr., Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee Blue Cross of Greater Philadelphia.

Before VAN DUSEN, HUNTER and GARTH, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

JAMES HUNTER, III, Circuit Judge:

This is an antitrust action brought by Doctors, Inc. ("Doctors"), a non-profit hospital located in Philadelphia. The defendant-appellees are Blue Cross of Greater Philadelphia ("Blue Cross") and Hospital Survey Committee, Inc. ("HSC"), a private, non-profit corporation which serves as an advisory planning agency with respect to the coordination and planning of hospital and health services in Greater...

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