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F.T.C. v. SANFORD HEALTH

No. 17-3783.

926 F.3d 959 (2019)

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION; State of North Dakota, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. SANFORD HEALTH; Sanford Bismarck; Mid Dakota Clinic, P.C., Defendants-Appellants. State of Minnesota; State of Alaska; State of California; State of Delaware; State of Hawaii; State of Idaho; State of Iowa; State of Mississippi; State of Massachusetts; State of Pennsylvania; Puerto Rico; State of Wyoming, Amici on Behalf of Appellee(s).

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: June 13, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth C. Arens , Michele Arington , Emily C. Bowne , Alexander J. Bryson , Stephanie R. Cummings , Jamie E. France , Melissa C. Hill , Laura K. Krachman , David E. Owyang , Rohan K. Pai , Cathleen V. Williams , FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Washington, DC, Christopher John Caputo , Thomas J. Dillickrath , Kevin K. Hahm , FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Bureau of Competitio, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellee Federal Trade Commission.

Elin S. Alm , Parrell D. Grossman , Assistant Attorney Generals, ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, Consumer Protection & Antitrust Division, Bismarck, ND, for Plaintiff-Appellee State of North Dakota.

Cynthia M. Christian , Orlando, FL, Robert M. Cooper , Richard A. Feinstein , Samuel C. Kaplan , James Adam Kraehenbuehl , Hershel Wancjer , Nicholas A. Widnell , BOIES & SCHILLER, Washington, DC, Ronald Harvey McLean , SERKLAND LAW FIRM, Fargo, ND, Daniel M. Mulholland, III , HORTY & SPRINGER, Pittsburgh, PA, for Defendant-Appellants Sanford Health and Sanford Bismarck.

Loren Lee Hansen , Gregory R. Merz , GRAY & PLANT, Minneapolis, MN, for Defendant-Appellant Mid-Dakota Clinic, P.C.

Benjamin Velzen , Assistant Attorney General, ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, Saint Paul, MN, for Amicus on Behalf of Appellees.

Jahna Lindemuth , ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, Anchorage, AK, for Amicus on Behalf of Appellee State of Alaska.

Xavier Becerra , ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, San Francisco, CA, for Amicus on Behalf of Appellee State of California.

Matthew P. Denn , ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, Wilmington, DE, for Amicus on Behalf of Appellee State of Delaware.

Russell A. Suzuki , ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, Honolulu, HI, for Amicus on Behalf of Appellee State of Hawaii.

Lawrence G. Wasden , ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, Boise, ID, for Amicus on Behalf of Appellee State of Idaho.

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, Des Moines, IA, for Amicus on Behalf of Appellee State of Iowa.

Jim Hood , Attorney General, ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, Jackson, MS, for Amicus on Behalf of Appellee State of Mississippi.

Maura Healey , ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, Boston, MA, for Amicus on Behalf of Appellee State of Massachusetts.

Josh Shapiro , ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, Harrisburg, PA, for Amicus on Behalf of Appellee State of Pennsylvania.

Wanda Vazquez Garced , ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, San Juan, PR, for Amicus on Behalf of Appellee Puerto Rico.

Peter Kenneth Michael , Acting Assistant Attorney General, ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, Cheyenne, WY, Ellen F. Rosenblum , ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, Salem, OR, for Amicus on Behalf of Appellee State of Wyoming.

Before COLLOTON, SHEPHERD, and STRAS, Circuit Judges.

This is an antitrust case arising under § 7 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. § 18. The Federal Trade Commission and the State of North Dakota moved to enjoin Sanford Bismarck's acquisition of Mid Dakota Clinic, P.C., alleging that the merger would violate the Act. The district court1 granted...

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