Early v. Bristol Memorial Hospital, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

NEESE, District Judge.

This is a civil action brought under § 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1, seeking injunctive relief, treble damages, and attorneys fees. * The plaintiff, a licensed physician, claims that the defendants’ suspension of his staff privileges at the defendant hospital constituted a combination and conspiracy “ * * * to maintain an illegal boycott of [him] * * * thus depriving him from rendering services in interstate commerce and removing him from competition * * * ” with the individual defendants Drs. Nowlin, Caldwell, and Green. The…