Arizona v. Maricopa County Medical Society

United States Supreme Court

457 U.S. 332 (1982)

Relevant factsFree

About 1,750 competing doctors joined a Maricopa County foundation (defendant) that set maximum fees they could charge patients under approved insurance plans, with doctors receiving no financial stake in the foundation itself; Arizona (plaintiff) sued, alleging the fee schedule actually inflated physician prices and, in turn, insurance premiums, in violation of antitrust law.

IssueFree

Whether the per se rule against price fixing applies to horizontal agreements that set maximum prices for goods.

Holding & reasoning

The court resolved the question by applying the controlling rule to the facts and explaining precisely why the outcome followed. Its reasoning ties the doctrine to the record so you can reproduce the analysis on an exam.

Procedural history, concurrence & dissent

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