FEDERAL TRADE COMM'N v. HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH

No. 21-2603.

30 F.4th 160 (2022)

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH, INC.; Englewood Healthcare Foundation, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: March 22, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alison M. Agnew , John L. Roach, IV , Jonathan Todt , Kenneth M. Vorrasi , Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath, 1500 K Street, N.W., Suite 1100, Washington, DC 20005, Daniel J. Delaney , Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath, 191 North Wacker Drive, Suite 3700, Chicago, IL 60606, Paul H. Saint-Antoine , John S. Yi , Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath, One Logan Square, Suite 2000, Philadelphia, PA 19103, Aaron D. Van Oort [ARGUED], Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath, 90 South Seventh Street, 2200 Wells Fargo Center, Minneapolis, MN 55402, Counsel for Appellant Hackensack Meridian Health, Inc.

Neely B. Agin , Heather P. Lamberg , Andrew Tauber , Winston & Strawn, 1901 L Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20036, Jeffrey J. Amato , Johanna Hudgens , Jeffrey L. Kessler , Winston & Strawn, 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166, David E. Dahlquist , Kevin B. Goldstein , Winston & Strawn, 35 West Wacker Drive, 46th Floor, Chicago, IL 60601, Counsel for Appellant Englewood Healthcare Foundation.

David R. Fine , K&L Gates, 17 North Second Street, 18th Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17101, Counsel for Amicus Appellants Michael R. Baye, Kenneth G. Elzinga, Gregory K. Leonard, Janusz A. Ordover, Robert D. Willig.

Paul Harold , Steffen N. Johnson , Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, 1700 K Street, N.W., 5th Floor, Washington, DC 20006, Jonathan M. Jacobson , Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, 1301 Avenue of the Americas, 40th Floor, New York, NY 10019, Counsel for Amicus Appellants American Hospital Association, Association of American Medical Colleges.

Jennifer A. Hradil , Gibbons, One Gateway Center, Newark, NJ 07102, Counsel for Amicus Appellant African American Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey.

Richard Hernandez , McCarter & English, 100 Mulberry Street, Four Gateway Center, 14th Floor, Newark, NJ 07102, Ashley L. Turner , McCarter & English, 1600 Market Street, Suite 3900, Philadelphia, PA 19103, Counsel for Amicus Appellant New Jersey Hospital Association.

Mariel Goetz [ARGUED], Jonathan H. Lasken , Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20580, Counsel for Appellee Federal Trade Commission.

Jamie Crooks , Fairmark Partners, 1499 Massachusetts Avenue, Suite 113a, Washington, DC 20005, Counsel for Amicus Appellees Professors, Economists and Scholars.

Douglas F. Johnson , Earp Cohn, 20 Brace Road, 4th Floor, Cherry Hill, NJ 08034, Counsel for Amicus Professors of Law and Economics, Economists and Health Policy Researchers, Thomas L. Greaney, Alexandra D. Montague, Jaime S. King, Richard M. Scheffler, Katherine M. Gudiksen, Brent D. Fulton, Daniel R. Arnold.

Tracy W. Wertz , Office of Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Strawberry Square, Harrisburg, PA 17120, Counsel for Amicus Appellee Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Before: SHWARTZ, PORTER and FISHER, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

Englewood Healthcare Foundation, a local New Jersey hospital, and Hackensack Meridian Health, Inc., New Jersey's largest healthcare system, agreed to a multi-million-dollar merger. The Federal Trade Commission opposes their merger and filed an administrative complaint alleging it violates Section...

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