CASCADE HEALTH SOLUTIONS v. PEACEHEALTH

Nos. 05-35627, 05-35640, 05-36153, 05-36202.

502 F.3d 895 (2007)

CASCADE HEALTH SOLUTIONS fka McKenzie-Willamette Hospital, an Oregon nonprofit corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PEACEHEALTH, a Washington State nonprofit corporation, Defendant-Appellee, and PacificSource Health Plans, Defendant, Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon; Providence Health Plan; McKenzie-Willamette Regional Medical Center Associates, LLC, Defendants-Intervenors. McKenzie-Willamette Hospital, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PeaceHealth, a Washington State nonprofit corporation, Defendant-Appellant, and PacificSource Health Plans, Defendant, Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon; Providence Health Plan; McKenzie-Willamette Regional Medical Center Associates, LLC, Defendants-Intervenors. McKenzie-Willamette Hospital, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PeaceHealth, a Washington State nonprofit corporation, Defendant-Appellant. McKenzie-Willamette Hospital, an Oregon nonprofit corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PeaceHealth, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 4, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Laurence Popofsky, Heather N. Leal, and Adam J. Gromfin, Heller Ehrman LLP, San Francisco, CA, James H. Sneed and Linda M. Holleran, McDermott, Will & Emery, Washington, D.C., Peter H. Glade, Markowitz, Herbold, Glade & Mehlhaf, P.C., Portland, OR, for defendant-appellant and cross-appellee PeaceHealth.

Thomas M. Triplett, Kelly T. Hagan, William B. Crow, Nancy M. Erfle, and Michael T. Garone, Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C., Portland, OR, Laurence E. Thorp, Thorp, Purdy, Jewett, Urness & Wilkinson, P.C., Springfield, OR, for plaintiff-appellee and cross-appellant Cascade Health Solutions.

Jerrold J. Ganzfried, James F. Rill, Scott E. Flick, and Thomas J. Dillickrath, Howrey LLP, Washington, D.C., John Thorne and Paul J. Larkin, Jr., Verizon Communications, Inc., Arlington, VA, Douglas S. Grandstaff, Caterpillar, Inc., Peoria, IL, for amici curiae Verizon Communications Inc. and Caterpillar Inc.

Aidan Synnott, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY, for amici curiae law professors Daniel A. Crane, Thomas A. Lambert, Thomas D. Morgan, D. Daniel Sokol, and Richard C. Squire.

Michael Barnes, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP, San Francisco, CA, for amicus curiae Catholic Healthcare Association of the United States.

Craig E. Stewart and Brian M. Hoffstadt, Jones Day, San Francisco, CA, Sharon Douglass Mayo, Arnold & Porter LLP, San Francisco, CA, for amici curiae Pacific Bell Telephone Co. and Visa U.S.A. Inc.

David T. McDonald, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP, Seattle, WA, for amicus curiae Microsoft Corp.

Thomas H. Tongue, Brian R. Talcott, and David P. Rossmiller, Dunn Carney Allen Higgins & Tongue, LLP, Portland, OR, for amicus curiae Pacific Source Health Plans.

Michael E. Kipling, Kipling Law Group PLLC, Seattle, WA, for amicus curiae Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon.

Jonathan M. Jacobson, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Professional Corporation, New York, NY, Scott A. Sher, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Professional Corporation, Washington, D.C., Deborah L. Galvin, Kraft Foods, Inc., Northfield, IL, Brian R. Henry, The Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, GA, Debra A. Valentine, United Technologies Corp., Hartford, CT, for amici curiae Genentech, Inc., Honeywell International Inc., Kimberly-Clark Corp., Kraft Foods, Inc., The Coca-Cola Company, and United Technologies Corp.

Thomas A. Miller, Robins Kaplan Miller & Ciresi L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA, K. Craig Wildfang and Andrew M. Kepper, Robins Kaplan Miller & Ciresi L.L.P., Minneapolis, MN, David A. Balto, Washington, D.C., for amici curiae American Antitrust Institute, Consumer Federation of America, and Consumers Union.

Before: RONALD M. GOULD, RICHARD A. PAEZ, and JOHNNIE B. RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.


GOULD, Circuit Judge:

McKenzie-Willamette Hospital ("McKenzie") filed a complaint in the district court against PeaceHealth asserting seven claims for relief. Five of the claims arose under the federal antitrust laws: monopolization, attempted monopolization, conspiracy to monopolize, tying, and exclusive dealing. The other two claims arose under Oregon state law: price discrimination and intentional interference with prospective economic advantage.

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