COFFEY v. HEALTHTRUST, INC.

Nos. 90-6322, 90-6323, 90-6418.

955 F.2d 1388 (1992)

Kenneth P. COFFEY, M.D., Plaintiff, and David High, Appellant, v. HEALTHTRUST, INC., a Delaware corporation, Edmond Memorial Hospital, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation, Joel A. Hart, McKinley D. Moore, James E. Dalton, Jr., Charles R. Brown, Larry K. Killebrew, M.D., individuals, Defendants-Appellees. Kenneth P. COFFEY, M.D., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HEALTHTRUST, INC., a Delaware corporation, Edmond Memorial Hospital, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation, Joel A. Hart, McKinley D. Moore, James E. Dalton, Jr., Charles R. Brown, Larry K. Killebrew, M.D., individuals, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

February 5, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Skepnek of Stevens, Brand, Lungstrum, Golden & Winter, Lawrence, Kan. (William R. Burkett and Steven L. Tolson of Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Golden & Nelson, P.C., Oklahoma City, Okl., with him on the briefs), for appellant David High.

John T. Schmidt of Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Golden & Nelson, P.C., Tulsa, Okl. (C. Kevin Morrison, Washington, D.C.; Steven L. Tolson, Oklahoma City, Okl., William J. Skepnek of Stevens, Brand, Lungstrum, Golden & Winter, Lawrence, Kan., and David High of Tomerlin, High & High, Oklahoma City, Okl., with him on the briefs), for plaintiff-appellant Kenneth P. Coffey, M.D.

George F. Short of Short, Barnes, Wiggins, Margo & Adler, Oklahoma City, Okl., and Douglas J. Colton of Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson & Hand, Chartered, Washington, D.C. (Cynthia L. Sparling and Kevin Driskill of Short, Barnes, Wiggins, Margo & Adler, Oklahoma City, Okl., Glen D. Huff, Susan A. Short and Darrell W. Downs of Foliart, Huff, Ottaway & Caldwell, Oklahoma City, Okl., Don C. Lewis of Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson & Hand, Chartered, Washington, D.C., with them on the briefs), for defendants-appellees.

Before BALDOCK, SETH and EBEL, Circuit Judges.


SETH, Circuit Judge.

In these two appeals, consolidated for argument and for purposes of this opinion, we are asked to determine: first, whether an exclusive contract between a radiologist, defendant Larry Killebrew, and a hospital, defendant Edmond Memorial Hospital (EMH), together with the exclusion of plaintiff, the former radiologist at EMH, violate Section 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1; and second, whether...

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