Klamath-Lake Pharmaceutical Association v. Klamath Medical Service Bureau

701 F.2d 1276 1983-1 Trade Cases 65,254 KLAMATH-LAKE PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION, an Oregon non-profit corporation, on behalf of its assignors, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KLAMATH MEDICAL SERVICE BUREAU, an Oregon non-profit corporation, and Klamath Bureau Pharmacy, Inc., a now dissolved Oregon profit corporation, Defendants-Appellees. No. 81-3608. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Aug. 4, 1982. Decided March 4, 1983. As Amended April 1, 1983. Henry Kane, Beaverton, Or., for plaintiff-appellant. Thomas M. Triplett, Souther, Spaulding, Kinsey, Williamson & Schwab, Portland, Or., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon. Before KILKENNY, SNEED, and SKOPIL, Circuit Judges. SNEED, Circuit Judge: 1 This appeal was filed by Klamath-Lake Pharmaceutical Association (Association), the assignee of the antitrust claims of a group of pharmacies that service the Klamath Falls, Oregon area. Association's assignors have been losing business to a local nonprofit health care provider, Klamath Medical Service Bureau (Provider), ever since it began to offer prescription drugs in kind under its group health…