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BALLARD v. BLUE SHIELD OF SOUTHERN W. VA., INC.

Nos. 75-1982 to 75-1984.

543 F.2d 1075 (1976)

Herman L. BALLARD et al., Appellants, v. BLUE SHIELD OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA, INC., a West Virginia Corporation, et al., Appellees. Herman L. BALLARD et al., Appellees, v. MONONGAHELA MEDICAL-SURGICAL SERVICE, INC., a West Virginia Corporation, et al., Appellants, and Blue Shield of Southern West Virginia, Inc., a West Virginia Corporation, et al., Defendants. Herman L. BALLARD et al., Appellees, v. WEST VIRGINIA MEDICAL SERVICE, INC., a West Virginia Corporation, et al., Appellants, and Blue Shield of Southern West Virginia, Inc., a West Virginia Corporation, et al., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 19, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William D. Levine, Huntington, W.Va. (Marshall & St. Clair, David B. Daugherty, Huntington, W.Va., on brief), for appellants in 75-1982 and for appellees in 75-1983 and 75-1984.

William T. O'Farrell, Charleston, W.Va., Frederick P. Stamp, Jr., Wheeling, W.Va. (Schrader, Miller, Stamp & Recht, Wheeling, W.Va., Jackson, Kelly, Holt & O'Farrell, Charleston, W.Va., William T. Hancock, Charles W. Davis, Richardson, Kemper & Hancock, Bluefield, W.Va., Fred Adkins, Thomas H. Gilpin, Huddleston, Bolen, Beatty, Porter & Copen, Huntington, W.Va., W. E. Mohler, Charleston, W.Va., Herbert G. Underwood, James M. Wilson, Steptoe & Johnson, Clarksburg, W.Va., on brief), for appellants in 75-1983 and 75-1984 and appellees in 75-1982.

Before BOREMAN and BRYAN, Senior Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Circuit Judge.

BUTZNER, Circuit Judge:

Six West Virginia chiropractors appeal from a judgment of the district court dismissing their antitrust suit against six corporations that sell Blue Cross-Blue Shield health insurance, the doctors who are directors of the corporations, and the West Virginia State Medical Association. Several of the defendants appeal from the denial of their motion to dismiss for lack of venue. Relying largely on three recent Supreme Court opinions,

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