Legal Opinion
West Penn Allegheny Health System, Inc. v. UPMC
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided November 29, 2010No. 09-4468PublishedCited by 240 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SMITH, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff in this antitrust case is Pittsburgh’s second-largest hospital system. It sued Pittsburgh’s dominant hospital system and health insurer under the Sherman Act and state law. The plaintiff asserts that the defendants violated sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act by forming a conspiracy to protect one another from competition. The plaintiff says that pursuant to the conspiracy, the dominant hospital system used its power in the provider market to insulate the health insurer from competition, and in exchange the insurer used its power in the insurance…
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