Human Resource Institute of Norfolk, Inc. v. Blue Cross

MEMORANDUM

MERHIGE, District Judge.

Plaintiff Human Resource Institute of Norfolk, Inc. (HRI), a private psychiatric hospital, brings this action against Blue Cross of Virginia (BCV), a non-profit Virginia corporation which provides prepaid hospital services to subscribers. Plaintiff, which is not a participating hospital in the Blue Cross system, alleges that BCV has engaged in acts and practices intended to force HRI out of business or into the status of a Blue Cross participating hospital, in violation of Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1 and 2. Pendent state claims, 1…