Ukiah Valley Medical Center v. Federal Trade Commission

911 F.2d 261 1990-2 Trade Cases 69,146 UKIAH VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER, a California not-for-profit corporation, formerly known as Ukiah Adventist Hospital; Adventist Health System/West, a California not-for-profit corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Defendant-Appellee. No. 90-15184. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 7, 1990. Decided Aug. 13, 1990. Thomas Campbell, Gardner, Carton & Douglas, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants. Frederick E. Dooley, F.T.C., Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before CANBY, NOONAN and RYMER, Circuit Judges. RYMER, Circuit Judge: 1 Adventist Health System/West and its affiliated corporation, Ukiah Valley Medical Center, appeal from the district court's order dismissing their action for declaratory and injunctive relief to restrain the Federal Trade Commission from proceeding with its complaint charging them with violations of Sec. 7 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 18 . They contend that the district court erred in determining that the FTC's issuance of an administrative complaint did…