PACIFIC RADIATION ONCOLOGY v. QUEEN'S MEDICAL CTR.

No. 14-17050.

810 F.3d 631 (2015)

PACIFIC RADIATION ONCOLOGY, LLC, a Hawai'i limited liability corporation; PRO Associates, LLC, a Hawai'i limited liability company; John Lederer, M.D., individually and as manager of the LLC's appearing for the Pacific Radiation Oncology Physicians; Laeton Pang, M.D.; Eva Bieniek, M.D.; Vincent Brown, M.D.; Paul Demare, M.D.; Thanh Huynh, M.D., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. John and Mary Doe, 1 through 17, Appellant-Intervenor, v. The QUEEN'S MEDICAL CENTER, a Hawai'i non-profit corporation; Queen's Development Corp., a Hawai'i for profit corporation; Noreen D.S.W. Mokuau; William G. Obana, M.D.; Arthur A. Ushijima; Mark H. Yamakawa; Paula Yoshioka; Sharlene K. Tsuda; Richard C. Keene; Clinton Yee; Naleen M. Andrade, M.D.; Ernest H. Fukeda, Jr.; Robb Ohtani, M.D.; Neil J. Hannahs; Christine M. Gayagas; Peter K. Hanashiro; Robert K. Nobriga; Eric K. Yeaman; Julia C. Wo; Caroline Ward Oda; Peter Halford, M.D.; Barry Weinman, individually and in their capacities as Officers and Trustees of Queen's Medical Center, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed December 22, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clare E. Connors (argued), Mark S. Davis , and Michael K. Livingston , Davis Levin Livingston , Honolulu, HI, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Jerry M. Hiatt (argued), and Mahilani E.K. Hiatt , Hiatt & Hiatt, Honoka'a, HI, for Appellant-Intervenor.

Paul Alston (argued), William S. Hunt , Clyde J. Wadsworth , and Claire Wong Black , Alston Hunt Floyd & Ing, Honolulu, HI; Daniel M. Mulholland III , Horty, Springer & Mattern, P.C., Pittsburgh, PA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: DIARMUID F. O'SCANNLAIN, RICHARD C. TALLMAN, and MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judges.


OPINION

A court's equitable power lies only over the merits of the case or controversy before it. When a plaintiff seeks injunctive relief based on claims not pled in the complaint, the court does not have the authority to issue an injunction. During discovery of its unfair trade practices case, Appellant Pacific...

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