In Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital v. Washington State Department of Health et al., the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of the plaintiff hospital’s challenge to Washington state’s restrictions on the number of hospitals that can perform elective angioplasties. The complaint alleged that the practices were anticompetitive and discriminatory, […]
Category Archives: Interstate Effect
Golf Voucher Case Dismissed on Interstate Commerce Grounds
August 19, 2010 – 1:14 pm
S.D. Miss. Judge Halil Ozeren dismissed a complaint by a hotel associate alleging that golf courses violated the antitrust laws by offering lower voucher prices to a golfers’ association than to the hotels. The court held that the complaint failed to adequately allege an effect on interstate commerce as required by the federal antitrust laws. The […]
Golf Package Monopolization Case Plaintiffs Must Show Inter-state Effects
September 10, 2009 – 9:41 am
In Mississippi Hotel & Lodging Association v. Mississippi Gulf Coast Golf Course Association et al., Southern District of Mississippi Judge Halil Suleyman Ozerden has refused to dismiss a Mississippi hotel group’s claim against a local golf association alleging that the association sought to monopolize the golf package and hotel market by deterring hotels from participating in the MHLA’s golf voucher program and by running […]