Trinity Ambulance Service, Inc. v. G & L Ambulance Services, Inc.

Full title: TRINITY AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC., AETNA AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.…

Court: United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit

Date published: Apr 14, 1986

787 F.2d 86 (2d Cir. 1986)

Opinion

No. 838, Docket 85-7974.

Argued February 19, 1986.

Decided April 14, 1986.

Eliot B. Gerstein, Hartford, Conn. (Allan W. Koerner, Gersten Gersten, Hartford, Conn., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant Trinity Ambulance Service, Inc.

Sidney T. Schulman, Hartford, Conn., for plaintiff-appellant Aetna Ambulance Service, Inc.

Anthony J. Palermino, Hartford, Conn., for defendant-appellee L M Ambulance Corp.

Martin S. Stillman, Rocky Hill, Conn., for defendant-appellee Professional Ambulance Service, Inc.

James A. Wade, Hartford, Conn. (Janet C. Hall, Theodore J. Tucci, Robinson Cole, Hartford, Conn., of counsel), for defendant-appellee City of Hartford.

Arthur A. Palmunen, Hartford, Conn., for defendant-appellee G L Ambulance Services, Inc.

Appeal from the District Court for the District of Connecticut.

Before OAKES, WINTER and PRATT, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Assuming arguendo that the contracts entered into by the City of Hartford would have violated the antitrust laws but for the "state action" exemption, we affirm for substantially the reasons stated by Judge Cabranes in his opinion, 625 F.Supp. 142 (D.Conn. 1985).