SURGICAL CARE CENTER v. HOSPITAL SERVICE DISTRICT

No. 97-30887.

153 F.3d 220 (1998)

SURGICAL CARE CENTER OF HAMMOND, L.C., d/b/a St. Luke's SurgiCenter, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HOSPITAL SERVICE DISTRICT NO. 1 OF TANGIPAHOA PARISH, d/b/a North Oaks Medical Center, and Quorum Health Resources, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 27, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig Lewis Caesar, Donna Guinn Klein, McGlinchey, Stafford & Lang, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Robert S. Rooth, L. Kenneth Krogstad, Wilbur Anthony Toups, III, Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Toler & Sarpy, New Orleans, LA, Daniel M. Mulholland, III, Susan M. Lapenta, Pittsburgh, PA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before KING, SMITH and PARKER, Circuit Judges.


JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Surgical Care Center of Hammond ("St. Luke's") sued Hospital Service District No. 1 of Tangipahoa Parish ("North Oaks") and Quorum Health Resources, Inc. ("Quorum"), under the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 2, charging various anticompetitive practices. The district court found that North Oaks and Quorum were entitled to state action immunity from the antitrust laws and dismissed the complaint. We affirm.

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