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KOEFOOT v. AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS

No. 81 C 4333.

652 F.Supp. 882 (1986)

Robert R. KOEFOOT, M.D., et al., Plaintiffs, v. AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, E.D.

Supplemental Memorandum Opinion and Order January 14, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Sneckenberg, William J. Sneckenberg and Associates, Ltd., Jonathan D. Moses, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.

John J. Cassidy, Jr., Paul G. Gebhard, Douglas J. Polk, Vedder, Price, Kaufman and Kammholz, Chicago, Ill., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ROVNER, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This is an antitrust action brought by several Nebraska physicians and community hospitals against the American College of Surgeons ("ACS") and two of its officials. At the heart of this case lies the legality of an ACS rule that proscribes "itinerant surgery." The ACS defines itinerant surgery as:

[t]he performance of surgical operations (except on patients whose chances...

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