U.S. v. FEDERATION OF PHYSICIANS AND DENTISTS, INC.

No. CA 98-475 JJF.

63 F.Supp.2d 475 (1999)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. FEDERATION OF PHYSICIANS AND DENTISTS, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

July 29, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory M. Sleet, Virginia Gibson-Mason, U.S. Attorney's Office, Wilmington, DE, for United States of America, plaintiff.

Perry F. Goldlust, Heiman, Aber & Goldlust, Wilmington, DE, for Federation of Physicians and Dentists, Inc., defendant.

Lewis H. Lazarus, Morris, James, Hitchens & Williams, Wilmington, DE, for First State Orthopaedics, movant.

Daniel V. Folt, Cozen & O'Connor, Philadelphia, PA, for Principal Health Care of Delaware, Inc., movant.

John A. Parkins, Jr., Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, DE, for Amerihealth of Delaware, Inc., Independence Blue Cross, movants.

Carl Schnee, United States Attorney and Virginia Gibson-Mason, Assistant United States Attorney, of U.S. Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE, Of Counsel, Melvin A. Schwarz, Special Enforcement Counsel, Assistant Attorney General and Steven Kramer, Richard S. Martin, Denise E. Biehn, Michael D. Farber, Heather H. Howard, and Jean Lin, Assistant Attorneys General, of U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, Washington, D.C., for United States of America.

Perry F. Goldlust, of Heiman, Aber, Goldlust & Baker, Wilmington, DE, Of Counsel, Hal K. Litchford, Donald E. Christopher, and Mary E. Fitzgibbons, of Litchford & Christopher P.A., Orlando, FL, for Defendant Federation of Physicians and Dentists, Inc.

P. Clarkson Collins Jr. and Lewis H. Lazarus, of Morris, James, Hitchens & Williams, Wilmington, DE, for Third Party First State Orthopaedics, P.A.


OPINION

FARNAN, Chief Judge.

Presently before the Court is the Plaintiff's Letter Motion to Compel the Defendant, the Federation of Physicians and Dentists, Inc., to comply with the Government's First Request for Documents and to compel non-party orthopedic surgeons, orthopedic surgeon group practices and Dr. Connair to comply with certain requests made in subpoenas duces tecum served on them. (D.I.65). For the reasons stated below, the Court...

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