Legal Opinion
United States v. A. Lanoy Alston, D.M.D., P.C. Ronald D. Walker Desert Valley Dental, Ltd. Richard B. Meyer Aaron L. ("Lanoy") Alston
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 11, 1992No. 91-10040PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge.
We examine three dentists’ criminal antitrust convictions.
Background
Aaron Lanoy Alston, Richard B. Meyer and Ronald D. Walker provide dental services for members of prepaid dental plans in Tucson, Arizona. 1 They and other providers receive two kinds of payments: capitation fees, which are paid by the plans to the dentists based on the number of plan-member patients they see, and co-payment fees, which are paid by the patients to the dentists based on the services performed. The plans, not the dentists, determine both fee amounts.
Co-payment fees in Tucson had not risen…
2Cases cited39 opinions
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- United States v. ScottSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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