Federal Trade Commission v. Indiana Federation of Dentists

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• holding that the Federation's explicit policy of refusing to forward x-rays to patients' insurance companies constituted a group boycott
• holding that professional association’s blanket requirement that members refuse to forward x-ray films with claim forms to insurance companies violates rule of reason
• recognizing that the Supreme Court has “in the past stated that group boycotts are unlawful per se”
• holding that the Federation’s explicit policy of refusing to forward x-rays to patients’ insurance companies constituted a group boycott
• holding that antitrust violations are unfair methods of competition under the FTC Act
• noting that \refusal to compete\ agreements \limit[ ] consumer choice by impeding the 'ordinary give and take of the market place' \ (citations omitted)

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