Legal Opinion
Feinstein v. Nettleship Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 1, 1983No. Nos. 77-3998, 82-5698PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge.
This is a protracted antitrust action by physicians against the insurance agent and carriers who provided medical malpractice insurance to members of the Los Angeles County Medical Association. The question is whether the defendants’ alleged domination of the medical malpractice insurance market in Southern California, through an agreement with the medical association, is immune from antitrust attack. The district court held that the defendants’ conduct was the business of insurance and was regulated by the state. It therefore concluded that *930the antitrust claims were…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Gompers v. Bucks Stove & Range Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1911
- United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Group Life & Health Insurance v. Royal Drug Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Union Labor Life Insurance v. PirenoSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Eastern States Retail Lumber Dealers' Ass'n v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Fred Hass v. Oregon State BarCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
- In Re Workers' Compensation Insurance Antitrust LitigationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1989
- American Standard Life & Accident Insurance v. U.R.L., Inc.District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1988
- Feinstein v. Nettleship Co. Of Los AngelesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
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