Rome Ambulatory Surgical Center, LLC v. Rome Memorial Hospital, Inc.

HURD, District Judge.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. INTROD UCTION.396

II. BACKGROUND.398

III. DISCUSSION.402

A. Summary Judgment Standard.402

B. Standing.403

1. Causation.403

2. Antitrust Injury.404

C. Sherman Act Claims.406

1. § 1 Sherman Act Claims .406

a. Tying Claims (First and Second Causes of Action).407

b. Illegal Exclusive Contract (Third Cause of Action) .409(1) Anticompetitive Effect.409(2) Unreasonable Restraint. o t — 1(3) Procompetitive Justification. O r — I ^

c. Market Allocation (Fourth Cause of Action). T — I tH ^

d. Conspiracy to Restrain Trade (Fifth Cause of Action). TH tH

e. Per se Illegal…