Owen D. OKSANEN, M.D., Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
PAGE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL; J.R. Holsinger, M.D.; Romulo Ancheta, M.D.; Fang S. Horng, M.D.; James G. Dale, M.D., Defendants-Appellees,
American Hospital Association; The Virginia Hospital Association, Amici Curiae.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued February 5, 1991.
Decided September 4, 1991.
As Amended September 12, 1991.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Edward B. Lowry, Michie, Hamlett, Lowry, Rasmussen & Tweel, P.C., Charlottesville, Va., argued (Robert W. Jackson, Charlottesville, Va., Sheldon Braiterman, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for plaintiff-appellant.
Judith Bowles Henry, Crews & Hancock, Richmond, Va., argued (Lynn Fleming, Karen L. Gould, Richmond, Va., for defendant-appellee Dale; Stephen L. Altman, Vicki J. Hunt, Montedonico & Mason, Fairfax, Va., for defendant-appellee Horng; Norman F. Slenker, Slenker, Brandt, Jennings & Johnston, Fairfax, Va., Edward M. Burns, II, Poindexter, Burns & Marks, Waynesboro, Va., for defendant-appellee Holsinger; Phillip C. Stone, Gregory T. St. Ours, Wharton, Aldhizer & Weaver, Harrisonburg, Va., for defendant-appellee Page Memorial Hosp.; Mary S. Meade, Meade & Associates, P.C., Vienna, Va., for defendant-appellee Ancheta, on brief), for defendants-appellees.
Frederic J. Entine, Jeffrey M. Teske, Tracey L. Fletcher, American Hosp. Ass'n, Chicago, Ill., Heman A. Marshall, III, Woods, Rogers & Hazlegrove, Roanoke, Va., for amicus curiae American Hosp. Ass'n.
John J. Miles, Phillip A. Proger, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae Virginia Hosp. Ass'n.
Before ERVIN, Chief Judge, RUSSELL, WIDENER, HALL, PHILLIPS, MURNAGHAN, SPROUSE, WILKINSON, WILKINS, and NIEMEYER, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge, sitting in banc.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
OPINION
WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Dr. Owen D. Oksanen contends that the Sherman Antitrust Act was violated when the medical staff of Page Memorial Hospital allegedly conspired amongst itself and with the hospital's Board of Trustees to revoke Oksanen's staff privileges. Whether such conspiracies are cognizable under federal antitrust law has significant implications for the nation's health care system because the peer review process that Oksanen...
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