Legal Opinion
Messner v. Northshore University HealthSystem
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 13, 2012No. 10-2514PublishedCited by 598 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.
Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(b)(3), a class may be certified only if questions of law and fact common to members of the class predominate over questions affecting only individual members of the class. In this case, plaintiff-appellant Steven Messner and other named plaintiffs alleged that a merger between defendantappellee Northshore University Health-System and Highland Park Hospital violated federal antitrust law. In fact, the Federal Trade Commission found that the merger violated section 7 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. § 18. Plaintiffs seek treble…
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