Case Name: SAUSALITO PHARMACY, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA, Travelers Insurance Co., Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1982-05-10
Citations: 677 F.2d 47
Docket Number: No. 81-4198
Parties: SAUSALITO PHARMACY, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA, Travelers Insurance Co., Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before HAYNSWORTH , Senior Circuit Judge, and CHOY and SCHROEDER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 677
Pages: 47–48

Head Matter:
SAUSALITO PHARMACY, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA, Travelers Insurance Co., Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 81-4198.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted March 11, 1982.
Decided May 10, 1982.
Rehearing Denied June 21, 1982.
Jane E. Lovell, San Francisco, Cal., argued, for plaintiff-appellant; Richard J. Archer, Archer, Rosenak & Hanson, San Francisco, Cal., on brief.
John Hurley, Robert A. Lewis, Craig McAtee, McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, San Francisco, Cal., Jeffrey P. Smith, Los Angeles, Cal., argued, for defendantsappellees; Martin J. Schnitzer, Memel, Jacobs, Pierno & Gersh, Los Angeles, Cal., Richard J. Kilmartin, Knight, Boland & Riordan, San Francisco, Cal., John J. Swenson, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Los Angeles, Cal., Robert Charles Friese, Shartsis, Friese & Ginsburg, San Francisco, Cal., John H. Brinsley, Kathryn A. Young, Adams, Duque & Hazeltine, Los Angeles, Cal., Rochelle Alpert, Morrison & Foerster, San Francisco, Cal., Patricia J. Doran, Hassard, Bonnington, Rogers & Huber, San Francisco, Cal., on brief.
Before HAYNSWORTH , Senior Circuit Judge, and CHOY and SCHROEDER, Circuit Judges.
Honorable Clement F. Haynsworth, Jr., Senior United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, Sitting by Designation.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
In the district court, summary judgment went against Sausalito and other pharmacies complaining of prepaid prescription plans of health care insurers and administrators. The defendants had entered into contractual arrangements with participating pharmacies under which each participating pharmacy would provide prescription drugs at stipulated prices, which were alleged to be generally less than current charges of the pharmacies to uninsured customers. The claim was that such plans violated § 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S. C.A. § 1, and the corresponding provision of the California Cartwright Act.
We agree with the district court that no viable antitrust claim was stated and affirm the judgment of the district court for the reasons stated in its opinion. Sausalito Pharmacy Inc. v. Blue Shield of California, 1981-1 Trade Cas. (CCH) H 68,885 (N.D.Cal., March 16, 1981). See also Medical Arts Pharmacy of Stamford, Inc. v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Connecticut, 518 F.Supp. 1100 (D.Conn.1981), aff'd, 675 F.2d 502 (2d Cir. 1982).