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HOSPITAL CORP. OF AMERICA v. F.T.C.

No. 85-3185.

807 F.2d 1381 (1986)

HOSPITAL CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 18, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William D. Iverson, Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., for petitioner.

Melvin H. Orlans, F.T.C., Washington, D.C., for respondent.

Before POSNER and FLAUM, Circuit Judges, and CAMPBELL, Senior District Judge.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Hospital Corporation of America, the largest proprietary hospital chain in the United States, asks us to set aside the decision by the Federal Trade Commission that it violated section 7 of the Clayton Act, as amended, 15 U.S.C. § 18, by the acquisition in 1981 and 1982 of two corporations, Hospital Affiliates International, Inc. and Health Care Corporation. Before these acquisitions (which cost Hospital Corporation almost $700 million...

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