ABRAHAM v. INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTH CARE INC.

No. 05-4043.

461 F.3d 1249 (2006)

James M. ABRAHAM, Advantage Eye Care; Terry H. Berner; Berner Eye Clinic; Blaine F. Bird; Robert S. Briggs; Park City Vision Center; Traer G. Caywood; Bill G. Codner; Orem Eye Clinic; Craig J. Cutler; Wasatch Vision Clinic; Dane F. Dansie; Lanny F. Duclos; Lincoln J. Dygert; Bradley V. Fellows; Mathew G. Findlay; Murray Vision Center; Kevin J. Fromm; Optometric Physicians; James L. Frost; Optical Associates; Paul D. Geller; Apple Contact Lens Center; Roy R. Gibson; Robert F. Gray; Dale F. Hardy; Richard W. Hart; Kenneth H. Hooton; Rich Hempherys; Family Vision Care; Jodie Johnson; Riverton Family Eye Care; Michael Judkins; Robert W. Keller; Todd E. Kimball; Sugarhouse Vision Clinic; Shaun D. Larsen; Mobile Eye Care of Utah; Todd J. Lewis; Keith W. Linford; David R. Masihdas, doing business as Utah Eye Associates; Roland K. Monson; Eye Clinic and Contact Lens Center of Utah Valley; Chelle Nickle; Oakridge Optometry; Kerry A. Okelberry; Harald E. Olafsson; Daniel W. Pace; Paul A. Paxman; Mountain View Eye Care; Scott D. Peterson; Walter G. Peterson; Greg M. Pickett; Phillip A. Plothow; Russell W. Purdy; Davis Eyecare Center; Alan T. Rees; James D. Sargent; Jeffrey H. Seeholzer; Seeholzer Vision Center; Frank A. Siddoway; Gary C. Slaugh; Ogden Vision Center; David A. Smith; South Valley Eyecare Center; Douglas R. Smith; Bountiful Vision Plaza; Robert M. Wilkes; Bountiful Eye Care; Robert P. Wooldridge; Standard Optical; Utah County Optometric Physicians, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTH CARE INC.; IHC Health Services, Inc.; IHC Health Plans, Inc.; IHC Benefit Assurance Company, Inc.; Corey A. Miller; David E. Brodstein; Country Hills Eye Center, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

September 6, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel L. Berman, Berman & Savage, Salt Lake City, UT, (Peggy A. Tomsic, Tomsic Law Firm, LLC, Salt Lake City, UT, with him on the briefs), appearing for Appellant.

Richard W. Casey, Howrey, L.L.P., Salt Lake City, Utah (Gary F. Bendinger and John H. Bogart, Howrey, L.L.P., Salt Lake City, Utah; James S. Jardine and John Mackay, Ray, Quinney & Nebeker, Salt Lake city, Utah; and William G. Kopit and Patricia Wagner, Epstein, Becker & Green, P.C., Washington, DC, with him on the brief) appearing for Appellee.

Before TACHA, Chief Circuit Judge, PORFILIO, Circuit Judge, and JOHNSON, District Judge.


TACHA, Chief Circuit Judge.

This appeal is the result of certain Utah optometrists' decade-long effort to become panel providers for the largest managed health care company in the state. In 2001, the optometrists ultimately filed suit against Intermountain Health Care, Inc. ("IHC") and others, alleging that IHC's exclusion of optometrists from its network of providers violates §§ 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act. The District Court granted summary judgment in...

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