Legal Opinion
United States v. Rockford Memorial Corporation and Swedishamerican Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 3, 1990No. 89-1900PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The United States brought suit under section 7 of the Clayton Act and section 1 of the Sherman Act (15 U.S.C. §§ 18, 1) to enjoin a merger of the two largest hospitals — both nonprofits — in Rockford, Illinois, a city of 140,000 people. The district judge held that the merger violated section 7, and issued the injunction; he did not reach the section 1 charge. 717 F.Supp. 1251.
The defendants appeal, arguing first that section 7 does not apply to a merger between nonprofit enterprises. Surprisingly, this is an issue of first impression at the appellate level, with the…
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