Vernon S. Boddicker v. Arizona State Dental Association

680 F.2d 66 1982-2 Trade Cases 64,812 Vernon S. BODDICKER, Richard W. Peay, Hugh L. Thompson, and Dwight G. Hudson, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ARIZONA STATE DENTAL ASSOCIATION, an Arizona Non-Profit Corporation; Central Arizona Dental Society, an Arizona Non-Profit Corporation; and American Dental Association, an Illinois Non-Profit Corporation, Defendants-Appellees. No. 80-5730. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Jan. 8, 1982. Decided March 24, 1982. Carl W. Divelbiss, Phoenix, Ariz., Erhard, Cox & Ruebel, P.C., Dallas, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants. Peter M. Sfikas, Chicago, Ill., David L. White, Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, Phoenix, Ariz., argued, for defendants-appellees; Peterson, Ross, Schloerb & Seidel, Chicago, Ill., on brief. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Before PREGERSON and FERGUSON, Circuit Judges, and ORRICK, District Judge. * PREGERSON, Circuit Judge: 1 Appellants, plaintiffs below, challenged the membership links between the defendant organizations on antitrust grounds. Trial was to the court, and after appellants had presented their case, the court granted appellees' motion to…