Federal Trade Commission v. Sanford Health

COLLOTON, Circuit Judge.

*961 This is an antitrust case arising under § 7 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. § 18 . The Federal Trade Commission and the State of North Dakota moved to enjoin Sanford Bismarck's acquisition of Mid Dakota Clinic, P.C., alleging that the merger would violate the Act. The district court 1 granted a preliminary injunction after determining that the plaintiffs were likely to succeed in proving that the acquisition would substantially lessen competition in four types of physician services in the Bismarck-Mandan area. The companies appeal, and we affirm.

Sanford is an integrated…