A-1 AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC. v. COUNTY OF MONTEREY

Nos. 94-16704, 94-16817.

90 F.3d 333 (1996)

A-1 AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC., a California corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. COUNTY OF MONTEREY, Defendant-Appellant. A-1 AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC., a California corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COUNTY OF MONTEREY; City of Salinas, Defendants-Appellees, and The Monterey County Emergency Medical Service Agency; Robert Melton, M.D.; Kim Donnelly; Albert Maldonado; Peninsula Paramedics, a California Corporation; Brian Sinnott, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided May 7, 1996.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing July 31, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William K. Rentz, Deputy County Counsel, Salinas, California, for defendant-appellant-cross-appellee.

Richard P. Hill, Moody & Hill, San Francisco, California; Eugene Dong, Palo Alto, California, for plaintiff-appellee-cross-appellant.

Stephen A. Lankes, Holbrook & Lankes, Salinas, California, for defendant-appellee.

Before: ALDISERT, SCHROEDER and TROTT, Circuit Judges.


As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc July 31, 1996.*

TROTT, Circuit Judge:

In this case we hold that, under the state action antitrust immunity doctrine, Emergency Medical Service (EMS) agencies in California may establish exclusive operating areas for Advanced Life Support (ALS) and limited ALS ambulance service, even if the restricted market includes non-emergency ALS...

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