BLUE SHIELD OF VIRGINIA v. McCREADY

No. 81-225.

457 U.S. 465 (1982)

BLUE SHIELD OF VIRGINIA ET AL. v. McCREADY

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 21, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Griffin B. Bell argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were James D. Miller, William B. Poff, Ronald M. Ayers, Heman A. Marshall III, Joel I. Klein, and H. Bartow Farr III.

Warwick R. Furr II argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Timothy J. Bloomfield and Thomas M. Brownell.*


JUSTICE BRENNAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

The antitrust complaint at issue in this case alleges that a group health plan's practice of refusing to reimburse subscribers for psychotherapy performed by psychologists, while providing reimbursement for comparable treatment by psychiatrists, was in furtherance of an unlawful conspiracy to restrain competition in the psychotherapy market. The question presented is whether a subscriber who employed the services...

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