Legal Opinion
American Medical Ass'n v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided October 12, 1942No. 7929, 7930PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILLER, Associate Justice.
In United States v. American Medical Association, 1 we held that the term “in restraint of trade” as used in Section 3 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C.A. § 3, had its genesis in the common law; that the practice of medicine was recognized by the English cases as constituting trade; that a restraint imposed upon the practice of medicine may constitute a restraint of trade; that restraints imposed upon the operation of hospitals and upon Group Health Association, designed to prevent it from making available to and financing medical services on behalf of its members may…
2Cases cited108 opinions
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