Legal Opinion
James P. Martin v. Memorial Hospital at Gulfport, Wray Anderson, Mitchell Salloum, Edward Reid, and Myrtis Franke
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 10, 1996No. 95-60186PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DENNIS, Circuit Judge:
The principal question presented by this case is whether a hospital, owned and operat ed by a municipality and a state subdivision hospital district, and the hospital’s board of trustees, are immune from an antitrust claim under the Parker v. Brown, 317 U.S. 341, 63 S.Ct. 307, 87 L.Ed. 315 (1943) state action doctrine.
A nephrologist brought this antitrust action against the hospital and its board seeking to enjoin the enforcement of the hospital’s contract with the medical supervisor (also a nephrologist) of its End Stage Renal Disease facility (ESRD). The contract…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Mitchell v. ForsythSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Pierson v. RaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Coopers & Lybrand v. LivesaySupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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3Cited by31 opinions
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- Kenneth Don Earles v. State Board Of Certified Public Accountants Of LouisianaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1998
- Martin v. Memorial Hospital at GulfportCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997
- South Carolina State Board of Dentistry v. Federal Trade CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2006
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