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MINNESOTA ASS'N OF NURSE ANESTHETISTS v. UNITY HOSPITAL

Civil No. 4-96-804 (ADM/JGL).

5 F.Supp.2d 694 (1998)

MINNESOTA ASSOCIATION OF NURSE ANESTHETISTS, Gayle McKay, Ladonna Schweer, John Okonek, Bernadine Okonek, Annette Atchison, Fred Benjamin, Bart Barry, Faye Leatherman, Sue Milbach, Sandra Henschke, Judith A. Schmidt and Gary Hagen, Plaintiffs, v. UNITY HOSPITAL, Mercy Hospital, William MacNally, President and Chief Executive Officer of Unity and Mercy Hospitals, Allina Health System Corp., Mark Sperry, M.D., Gary Baggenstoss, M.D., John Murphy, in his capacity as Vice President of Unity and Mercy Medical Centers, James Cumming, M.D., John Rydberg, M.D., Midwest Anesthesia, P.A., Thelma M. Albay, M.D., Minda Castillejos, M.D., Teri Heil, M.D., Sang Hong, M.D., Ted Janossy, M.D., Raymond Kloepper II, M.D., John Magdsick, M.D., Thomas Maggs, M.D., Thomas Polta, M.D., John Roseberg, M.D., Jai Suh, M.D., Jeffrey Yue, M.D., Mark Eggen, M.D., Metropolitan Anesthesia Network, Allen Tank, Theodore Grindal, Esq., Craig Johnson, M.D. (both individually and in his capacity as President of the Minnesota Society of Anesthesiologists), St. Cloud Hospital, John Frobenius, Chief Executive Officer of St. Cloud Hospital, Linda Chmielewski, Vice President Hospital Operations of St. Cloud Hospital, Anesthesia Associates of St. Cloud Ltd., Gary A. Boeke, M.D., Philip F. Boyle, M.D., L. Michael Espeland, M.D., Alan D. Espelien, M.D., Paul J. Halverson, M.D., Lanse C. Lang, M.D., William H. Rice, M.D., Allan Reitz, M.D., and Annette E. Zwick, M.D., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota, Fourth Division.

May 7, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert J. Stern, Stern & Greenberg, David S. Stone, Freedman & Stone, Roseland, NJ and William S. Rosen, Rosen & Rosen, St. Paul, MN, for Plaintiffs.

John D. French, Jay D. Christiansen, Richard A. Duncan, Elizabeth H. Schmiesing, Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, MN, for "Allina" Defendants.

Thomas Fraser, Laurie J. Miller, Cynthia Jokela, Fredrickson & Byron, Minneapolis, MN, for "MAPA" Defendants.

Kevin J. Hughes, Paul R. Harris, Hughes, Mathews & Didier, St. Cloud, MN, for St. Cloud Hospital Defendants.

Joseph M. Musilek, Eric Tostrud, Lockridge Grindal Nauen & Holstein, Minneapolis, MN, for "AASC" Defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

MONTGOMERY, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

The above-entitled matter came on for hearing before the undersigned United States District Judge on January 21, 1998, pursuant to Defendants' motion for summary judgment. This case alleges a conspiracy in which Defendants purportedly conspired to eliminate the use of certified registered nurse anesthetists in the provision of anesthesia services. Plaintiffs characterize the...

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