ARMSTRONG SURGICAL CENTER v. ARMSTRONG COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSP.

No. 97-3440.

185 F.3d 154 (1999)

ARMSTRONG SURGICAL CENTER, INC., Appellant, v. ARMSTRONG COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL; Rogelio Borja; Richard Bosco; Zafar Chowdhry; Jeffrey David; Frank Davie; Egbert Devries; Paul L. Frederick; John Garrott; Frank N. Genovese; Irving Klein; David H. Kohl; Lee H. Koster; John Marty; Michael P. Ondich; Karl R. Saltrick; Willis Shook; Anthony Smaldino; Peter Sotos; Jae T. Yang

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided July 27, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Laubach, Jr., John P. Klee, Laubach & Fulton, Carnegie, PA; James G. Park (Argued), Pittsburgh, PA, for Appellant.

Alan A. Garfinkel, Klett, Lieber, Rooney & Schorling, Pittsburgh, PA; Jules S. Henshell (Argued), Klett, Lieber, Rooney & Schorling, Harrisburg, PA, for Appellee Armstrong County Memorial Hospital.

Wendelynne J. Newton (Argued), Sheila S. DiNardo, Buchanan Ingersoll Professional Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA, for Appellees Rogelio Borja, Richard Bosco, Zafar Chowdhry, Jeffrey David, Frank Davie, Egbert Devries, Paul L. Frederick; John Garrott, Frank N. Genovese, Irving Klein, David H. Kohl, Lee H. Koster, John Marty, Michael P. Ondich, Karl R. Saltrick, Willis Shook, Anthony Smaldino, Peter Sotos and Jae T. Yang.

Before: NYGAARD and STAPLETON, Circuit Judges and SCHWARTZ, District Judge.


OPINION OF THE COURT

STAPLETON, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Armstrong Surgical Center, Inc. (the "Surgical Center") contends that Armstrong County Memorial Hospital and nineteen of its staff physicians (the "Hospital Defendants") conspired to prevent it from establishing an ambulatory surgery center, thereby restraining and monopolizing trade in violation of sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act. The District Court dismissed the complaint after concluding that...

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