UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
ROCKFORD MEMORIAL CORPORATION and SwedishAmerican Corporation, Defendants-Appellants.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued December 4, 1989.
Decided April 3, 1990.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Robert B. Nicholson, David Seidman, Department of Justice, Antitrust Div., Appellate Section, Richard S. Martin, Seymour H. Dussman, Nancy M. Goodman, Fred E. Haynes, Department of Justice, Antitrust Div., Washington, D.C., for U.S. plaintiff-appellee.
John C. McCarthy, Terry D. Anderson, and Scott C. Sullivan, Williams & McCarthy, Rockford, Ill., Thomas Campbell, Edward S. Weil, Gardner, Carton & Douglas, Chicago, Ill., for Rockford Memorial Corp. defendant-appellant.
Thomas Campbell, L. Edward Bryant, Edward S. Weil, Gardner, Carton & Douglas, Chicago, Ill., for all defendants; John C. McCarthy, Terry D. Anderson, Williams & McCarthy, Rockford, Ill., for defendant Rockford Memorial Corporation; Bradley T. Koch, Philip R. Frankfort, Holmstrom & Green, Rockford, Ill., for defendant Swedish-American Corporation; Diane P. Wood, Chicago, Ill., of counsel.
William G. Kopit, Robert W. McCann, Epstein, Becker & Green, Washington, D.C., for Voluntary Hospitals of America, Inc. amicus curiae.
Before POSNER and FLAUM, Circuit Judges, and DUMBAULD, Senior District Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The United States brought suit under section 7 of the Clayton Act and section 1 of the Sherman Act (15 U.S.C. §§ 18, 1) to enjoin a merger of the two largest hospitals — both nonprofits — in Rockford, Illinois, a city of 140,000 people. The district judge held that the merger violated section 7, and issued the injunction; he did not reach the section 1 charge. 717 F.Supp. 1251.
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