Legal Opinion
Vest v. Waring
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided May 31, 1983No. Civ. A. C82-325APublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
ROBERT H. HALL, District Judge.
ORDER
This lawsuit, filed on February 19, 1982, involves a surgical procedure known as radial keratotomy that is performed on the cornea of the eye in an attempt to correct nearsightedness. The gravamen of the complaint, predicated on Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1, 2, 1 is that the defendants have conspired to restrict the ability of private ophthalmic surgeons to provide this surgery to willing patients, by creating, in effect, a monopoly group with pervasive control over the performance of the procedure. The…
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