Opinion ID: 547003
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Heading: Parkview and Dr. Zeiher

Text: 43 In Smith v. Northern Michigan Hospitals, a group of independent doctors on staff at Northern Michigan Hospitals, Inc. (NMH), which resulted from the merger of two Petoskey, Michigan hospitals, alleged that NMH's exclusive contract with Burns Clinic Medical Center, P.C. for the provision of emergency room care was part of a conspiracy designed to monopolize acute care medicine in the Petoskey market in violation of section 2 [of the Sherman Act]. Id. at 946. This court affirmed the summary dismissal of a section 2 action against NMH because, [i]t is beyond question that NMH does not compete in any fashion with the appellants. Id. at 955. That is, NMH neither enjoyed nor attempted to enjoy monopoly power in the acute care medicine market in Petoskey. 44 In the same way, Parkview does not compete with Dr. Beard or Bucholz as a provider of osteopathic radiological services in northwestern Ohio and southeastern Michigan. We do not decide whether osteopathic radiology is a unique service for antitrust purposes. But, even assuming, arguendo, that it is, Parkview and Dr. Zeiher are entitled to judgment as a matter of law because they neither enjoyed nor were attempting to enjoy monopoly power in the Ohio and Michigan radiological services market.