SANDY RIVER NURSING CARE v. AETNA CAS.

No. 92-1856.

985 F.2d 1138 (1993)

SANDY RIVER NURSING CARE, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. AETNA CASUALTY, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 25, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

K. Craig Wildfang with whom Wood R. Foster, Jr., Anne K. Weinhardt, Minneapolis, MN, Sidney St. F. Thaxter, John D. Gleason, Portland, ME, Vance K. Opperman, Robert J. Schmit, Minneapolis, MN, Patrick N. McTeague, Topsham, ME, and Barnet D. Skolnik, Portland, ME, were on brief, for plaintiffs, appellants.

Richard G. Parker, Washington, DC, with whom Paul W. Chaiken, Bangor, ME, James E. Kaplan, Bath, ME, Mark F. Horning, Washington, DC, Paul Macri, Lewiston, ME, Fredric W. Yerman, New York City, Michael L. McCluggage, Chicago, IL, Harold J. Friedman, Portland, ME, Carl F. Rella, Bangor, ME, Stanley B. Block, Chicago, IL, Robert S. Frank, Robert F. Hanson, Portland, ME, William A. Montgomery, Deerfield, IL, Michael A. Nelson, Portland, ME, James van R. Springer, Washington, DC, George Z. Singal, Bangor, ME, Joseph E. Coughlin, Chicago, IL, Paul H. Friedman, Washington, DC, Randall B. Weill, Portland, ME, Alfred C. Frawley, Lewiston, ME, Peter J. Rubin, Portland, ME, Lewis V. Vafiades, Bangor, ME, and Lewis A. Noonberg, Washington, DC, were on brief, for defendants, appellees.

Stephen L. Wessler, Deputy Atty. Gen., Francis E. Ackerman, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Thomas D. Warren, Deputy Atty. Gen., on brief for the State of Me., amicus curiae.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and STAHL, Circuit Judge.


COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs are a group of Maine employers who claim that the defendant insurance companies illegally conspired to fix prices and conduct a boycott in a successful effort to coerce the state legislature into permitting higher rates for workers' compensation insurance.1 The district court granted summary judgment for defendants based on the doctrines established in Parker v. Brown, 317...

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