Saint Alphonsus Medical Center-Nampa Inc. v. St. Luke's Health System, Ltd.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that “‘§ 7 was 9 intended to arrest anticompetitive tendencies in their incipiency’”; e.g., “[a] prima facie 10 case can be established simply by showing high market share”
• explaining that a common method for determining the relevant geographic market “is to find whether a hypothetical monopolist could impose a ‘small but significant nontransitory increase in price’ (‘SSNIP’) in the proposed market”
• upholding the district court’s summary judgment decision regarding the relevant geographic market because it was supported by the evidence in the record
• noting that “‘Section 7 does not require proof that a merger or 5 other acquisition has caused higher prices in the affected market[;] [a]ll that is necessary is that the 6 merger create an appreciable danger of such consequences in the future’”
• geographic market included primary care physician services in Nampa, Idaho, without extending to Boise, 20 miles away
• “Although the Merger Guidelines are ‘not binding on the courts,’ . . . they ‘are often used as persuasive authority.’”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).