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PA. DENTAL ASS'N v. MEDICAL SERV. ASS'N OF PA.

No. 84-5004.

745 F.2d 248 (1984)

PENNSYLVANIA DENTAL ASSOCIATION; Delaware County Dental Society; Erie County Dental Association; Harrisburg Area Dental Society; Luzerne County Dental Society; Montgomery-Bucks Dental Society; Odontological Society of Western Pennsylvania; Scranton Dental Society; and York County Dental Society, Third Party Plaintiffs, v. MEDICAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYLVANIA, d/b/a Pennsylvania Blue Shield; and Donald S. Mayes, D.D.S., In His Individual Capacity, Third Party Defendants, Counterclaim Defendants. Appeal of YORK COUNTY DENTAL SOCIETY, Fifth District Dental Society, Dennis W. King, D.D.S.; Charles M. Ludwig, D.D.S.; Theodore R. Paladino, D.D.S.; Thomas L. Perkins, D.M.D.; and Kay F. Thompson, D.D.S. Pennsylvania Dental Association; Delaware Valley Dental Society; Erie County Dental Association, Inc.; Harrisburg Area Dental Society; Luzerne County Dental Society; Montgomery-Bucks Dental Society; Odontological Society of Western Pennsylvania; Scranton District Dental Society; Charles M. Ludwig, D.D.S.; Dennis W. King, D.D.S.; Theodore R. Paladino, D.D.S.; Thomas L. Perkins, D.M.D.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided October 1, 1984.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied November 15, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry E. Carter (argued), Washington, D.C., Thomas A. Beckley, John G. Milakovic, Beckley & Madden, Harrisburg, Pa., for appellants.

Joseph Friedman (argued), Stephen F. Ban, Michael J. Hennessy, Springer & Perry, Pittsburgh, Pa., William H. Wood, William E. Miller, Jr., Thomas E. Wood, Keefer, Wood, Allen & Rahal, Harrisburg, Pa., for appellees.

Before ALDISERT, Chief Judge, WEIS, Circuit Judge, and RE, Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing en Banc Denied November 15, 1984.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ALDISERT, Chief Judge.

This appeal requires us to decide whether Blue Shield's prepaid dental service program in Pennsylvania violates the antitrust laws. Several Pennsylvania dental associations and individual dentists appeal from a summary judgment dismissing their antitrust and state law claims brought against the Medical Service Association of Pennsylvania, doing business...

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