KARTELL v. BLUE SHIELD OF MASSACHUSETTS, INC.

Civ. A. No. 78-594-C.

582 F.Supp. 734 (1984)

James P. KARTELL, M.D., et al, Plaintiffs, v. BLUE SHIELD OF MASSACHUSETTS, INC., et al, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

As Amended March 22, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley V. Ragalevsky, Warner & Stackpole, Boston, Mass., Daniel Stark, David I. Shapiro, Dickstein, Shapiro & Morin, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs.

Thayer Fremont-Smith, Kenneth Laurence, Lee T. Gesmer, Choate, Hall & Stewart, Boston, Mass., for intervening plaintiffs.

Reginald Howe, Daniel Mahoney, Palmer & Dodge, Boston, Mass., for defendants Blue Shield of Mass.

H. Reed Witherby, Asst. Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., for intervening defendant Com'r of Ins.


OPINION

CAFFREY, Chief Judge.

This is a private civil antitrust action which was originally filed against Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Inc. (Blue Shield) and Blue Cross of Massachusetts, Inc. (Blue Cross) in March of 1978 by four Massachusetts physicians. They request injunctive relief under § 16 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. § 26, for alleged violations of §§ 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act,...

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