Legal Opinion
St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. Barry
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 29, 1978No. 77-240PublishedCited by 349 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Powell
Respondents, licensed physicians practicing in the State of Rhode Island and their patients, brought a class action, in part under the Sherman Act, 26 Stat. 209, as amended, 15 U. S. C. § 1 et seq. (1976 ed.), against petitioners, the four insurance companies writing medical malpractice insurance in the State. The complaint alleged a private conspiracy of the four companies in which three refused to sell respondents insurance of any type as a means of compelling their submission to new ground rules of coverage set by the fourth. Petitioner insurers successfully moved in District Court to…
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