SMITH v. BURNS CLINIC MEDICAL CENTER, P.C.

No. 84-1210.

779 F.2d 1173 (1985)

Annabelle C. SMITH, as Personal Representative of the Estate of James R. Smith, M.D., Deceased; Richard A. Knecht, M.D.; Thomas G. Depuydt, M.D.; Bradford S. Foster, M.D., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BURNS CLINIC MEDICAL CENTER, P.C., a Michigan professional corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided December 26, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Buchanan, Jeffrey H. Beusse, argued, Grand Rapids, Mich., Carole D. Bos, Grady Avant, Jr., Long, Preston, Kinnaird and Avant, Detroit, Mich., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Gregory L. Curtner, argued, Larry J. Saylor, Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, Detroit, Mich., for defendant-appellee.

Before KEITH and MERRITT, Circuit Judges, and DOWD, District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

The plaintiff physicians appeal from the second grant of summary judgment entered by the district court in this antitrust suit. The plaintiffs' original action essentially alleged that the emergency room procedures instituted by the defendant hospitals constituted a successful conspiracy to eliminate the plaintiffs from emergency room practice and to monopolize local emergency services in violation of sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act, 15 U...

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