Legal Opinion
Hdc Medical, Inc. v. Minntech Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 25, 2007No. 06-1638PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Circuit Judge.
HDC Medical, Inc (“HDC”) and Minn-tech Corporation (“Minntech”) are competitors in a specialized medical-device market. HDC brought suit against Minntech alleging exclusionary and predatory conduct in violation of the Sherman Act. The district court 1 granted Minntech’s motion for summary judgment. HDC appeals. We affirm.
I. Background
Both HDC and Minntech manufacture dialyzer reprocessing machines. Minntech manufactures a dialyzer reprocessing machine called “the Renatron,” while HDC produces “the MAKY.” Dialyzer reprocessing machines work in conjunction with dia-lyzers.…
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