JOHNSON v. UNIVERSITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC.

No. 96-8787.

161 F.3d 1334 (1998)

Cherie JOHNSON, M.D., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNIVERSITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. d.b.a. University Hospital; Hossam E. Fadel, M.D.; Hossam E. Fadel, M.D., P.C., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

December 3, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl Mullis, J. James Johnson, Long, Aldridge & Norman, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

R. Perry Sentell, III, Raymond G. Chadwick, Kilpatrick & Cody, Augusta, GA, for Defendants-Appellees.

John C. Bell, Jr., Bell & James, Augusta, GA, for Fadel.

Before TJOFLAT, BIRCH and MARCUS, Circuit Judges.


TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiff in this case claims that a hospital's refusal to provide her with over $1 million to start her own private practice constitutes a violation of the antitrust laws. We disagree, and thus affirm the judgment of the district court.

I.

Cherie Johnson, M.D., is a perinatologist, which is an obstetrician who specializes in high-risk pregnancies. She was recruited in May 1992 by Hossam E. Fadel, M.D. (a fellow perinatologist...

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