Legal Opinion
Summit Health, Ltd. v. Pinhas
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 28, 1991No. 89-1679PublishedCited by 221 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stevens
The question presented, is whether the interstate commerce requirement of antitrust jurisdiction is satisfied by allegations that petitioners conspired to exclude respondent, a duly licensed and practicing physician and surgeon, from the market for ophthalmological services in Los Angeles because he refused to follow an unnecessarily costly surgical procedure.
In 1987, respondent Dr. Simon J. Pinhas filed a complaint in District Court alleging that petitioners Summit Health, Ltd. (Summit), Midway Hospital Medical Center (Midway), its medical staff, and others had entered into a conspiracy to…
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