UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
A. LANOY ALSTON, D.M.D., P.C.; Ronald D. Walker; Desert Valley Dental, Ltd.; Richard B. Meyer; Aaron L. ("Lanoy") Alston, Defendants-Appellees.
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Argued and Submitted November 8, 1991.
Decided September 11, 1992.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
James F. Rill, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charles A. James, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., John J. Powers, III, Andrea Limmer, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., (Robert E. Bloch, Ann Lea Harding, James F. Shalleck, Jessica Cohen, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant U.S.
Stephen M. Weiss, Karp, Stolkin & Weiss, Tucson, Ariz., for defendants-appellees Aaron Lanoy Alston and A. Lanoy Alston, D.M.D., P.C.
Frederic J. Dardis, Dardis & Hippert, Tucson, Ariz., for defendant-appellee Richard B. Meyer.
Peter B. Keller, Keller, Postero & Hall, Tucson, Ariz., for defendants-appellees Ronald D. Walker and Desert Valley, Ltd.
Mary K. Logan, Thomas H. Boerschinger, American Dental Ass'n, Chicago, Ill., Kirk B. Johnson, Edward B. Hirshfeld, Michael L. Ile, American Medical Ass'n, Chicago, Ill., Jack R. Biereg, Richard D. Raskin, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, Ill., Mark E. Haddad, Paul E. Kalb, Sidley & Austin, Washington, D.C., for amici curiae American Dental Ass'n and American Medical Ass'n.
Before: FLETCHER, WIGGINS and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge.
We examine three dentists' criminal anti-trust convictions.
Background
Aaron Lanoy Alston, Richard B. Meyer and Ronald D. Walker provide dental services for members of prepaid dental plans in Tucson, Arizona.1 They and other providers receive two kinds of payments: capitation fees, which are paid by the plans to the dentists based on the number of plan-member patients they see, and co-payment...
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