COHLMIA v. ARDENT HEALTH SERVICES, LLC

No. 05 CV 384 P.

448 F.Supp.2d 1253 (2006)

George S. COHLMIA, Jr., M.D., and Cardiovascular Surgical Specialists Corp., an Oklahoma corporation, Plaintiffs, v. ARDENT HEALTH SERVICES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; AHS Oklahoma Health System, Llp, an Oklahoma limited liability partnership; AHS Hillcrest Medical Center, Llc, a Delaware limited liability company; Hillcrest Healthcare System, an Oklahoma corporation d/b/a Hillcrest Healthcare System; Hillcrest Medical Center, an Oklahoma corporation; Oklahoma Heart Institute, Inc., d/b/a Oklahoma Heart Institute, an Oklahoma corporation; Oklahoma Heart, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation; St. John Medical Center, an Oklahoma corporation; CVT Surgery, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation; Fred Garfinkel, M.D.; Steven Landgarten, M.D.; Steve Dobbs; Ronald C. Elkins, M.D.; Marc S. Milstein, M.D.; Thomas D. Roberts, M.D.; James A. Johnson, M.D.; Wayne N. Leimbach, Jr., M.D.; Ellen H. Chen, M.D.; Paul W. Kempe, M.D.; William C. Burnett, M.D.; and Howard W. Allred, M.D., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Oklahoma.

August 9, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel Brent Graves, Michael L. Barkett, Graves & Barkett Pllc, Tulsa, OK, for Plaintiffs.

Donald Ralph Esposito, Jr., Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice Pllc, Raleigh, NC, Mark Joseph Horoschak, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice Pllc, Charlotte, NC, Michael Burrage, Burrage Law Firm, Durant, OK, Darrell Wayne Downs, Michael Sean Burrage, Taylor Burrage Foster Mallett Downs & Ramsey, Claremore, OK, Jo Lynn Jeter, Joel L. Wohlgemuth, Norman Wohlgemuth Chandler & Dowdell, Jennifer Rae Annis, John Jay Carwile, Michael Pearce Atkinson, Atkinson Haskins Nellis Holeman Phipps Brittingham & Gladd, George Michael Lewis, Lesley Ford Richer, William Hayden Spitler, IV, Doerner Saunders Daniel & Anderson, Tulsa, OK, J Daniel Morgan, Gable & Gotwals, Christine Marie Cave, Murray E. Abowitz, Abowitz Timberlake & Dahnke Pc, Oklahoma City, OK, for Defendants.


ORDER and OPINION

PAYNE, District Judge.

Before the Court are Defendants' Motions to Dismiss for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) (Dkt.# 61-64),1 Plaintiffs' combined Response in opposition (Dkt.# 68), and Defendants' combined Reply thereto (Dtk.# 71). At issue are Count I for Combination and Conspiracy in Restraint of Trade in Violation of Section I of the Sherman...

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