Legal Opinion
Hospital Corporation of America v. Federal Trade Commission
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 18, 1986No. 85-3185PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Hospital Corporation of America, the largest proprietary hospital chain in the United States, asks us to set aside the decision by the Federal Trade Commission that it violated section 7 of the Clayton Act, as amended, 15 U.S.C. § 18, by the acquisition in 1981 and 1982 of two corporations, Hospital Affiliates International, Inc. and Health Care Corporation. Before these acquisitions (which cost Hospital Corporation almost $700 million), Hospital Corporation had owned one hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The acquisitions gave it ownership of two more. In addition,…
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