Legal Opinion
St. Bernard General Hospital, Inc. v. Hospital Service Association of New Orleans, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 22, 1983No. 82-3055PublishedCited by 94 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
St. Bernard General Hospital, Inc. (St. Bernard), a small, for-profit hospital in the New Orleans area, brought this antitrust suit, claiming restraint of trade by the Hospital Service Association of New Orleans, Inc., 1 the area Blue Cross licensee. 15 U.S.C. §§ 1, 15. The district court ordered an involuntary dismissal at the close of the plaintiffs case, Fed.R.Civ.P. 41(b). We reverse and remand for further proceedings.
Procedural History
This is the third appearance of this case before our Court. The case was filed originally in September, 1971. In March of…
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