Legal Opinion
Surgical Care Center of Hammond v. Hospital Service District No. 1 of Tangipahoa Parish
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 24, 1999No. 97-30887PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
In this antitrust case against a hospital district in Hammond, Louisiana, filed by a privately owned competitor, the district court concluded that the state legislature had granted the hospital district immunity from federal antitrust laws, dismissed those claims, and declined to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over related state claims charging violations of state antitrust and consumer protection laws. A panel of this court affirmed, believing it was bound to do so by prior decisions of the court. We took the case en banc and now reverse the…
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