No. 18-912

AmeriCare MedServices, Inc. v. City of Anaheim, California, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-01-15
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: active-supervision antitrust antitrust-law civil-procedure commercial-market-participant commercial-participant federal-antitrust-law market-competition municipal-services preemption regulatory-capacity state-action-doctrine state-action-immunity
Key Terms:
Antitrust Securities
Latest Conference: 2019-03-15
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. A state statute governing ambulance services allows one type of competition displacement. Is a municipality that is not authorized by that statute or any other displacement under state law nevertheless exempt from federal antitrust liability in the ambulance services market?

2. Can a government entity in its capacity as a commercial market participant rather than its regulatory capacity invoke state action immunity from federal antitrust law?

3. Is a municipality that is acting in its capacity as a commercial market participant rather than its regulatory capacity subject to the active-supervision requirement to invoke state action immunity from federal antitrust law?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is a municipality that is not authorized by state law exempt from federal antitrust liability in the ambulance services market?

Docket Entries

2019-03-18
Petition DENIED.
2019-02-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2019.
2019-02-13
Waiver of right of respondent City of Buena Park to respond filed.
Main Document
2019-02-12
Waiver of right of respondent City of Huntington Beach to respond filed.
Main Document
2019-02-11
Waiver of right of respondent Care Ambulance Service, Inc. to respond filed.
Main Document
2019-02-08
Waiver of right of respondent City of Fountain Valley to respond filed.
Main Document
2019-02-08
Waiver of right of respondent City of Garden Grove to respond filed.
Main Document
2019-02-08
Waiver of right of respondents City of La Habra et al to respond filed.
Main Document
2019-02-06
Waiver of right of respondents City of Anaheim, California, et al. to respond filed.
Main Document
2019-02-06
Waiver of right of respondent City of Orange to respond filed.
Main Document
2019-01-18
Corrected proof of service with respect to petition filed.
Main DocumentProof of Service
2019-01-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 14, 2019)
PetitionAppendixCertificate of Word CountProof of Service

Attorneys

AmeriCare MedServices, Inc.
Jarod Michael Bona — Bona Law PC, Petitioner
Care Ambulance Service, Inc.
Faisal Mujtaba Zubairi — Dorsey & Whitney, LLP, Respondent
City of Anaheim, California, et al.
Philip Douglass Kohn — Rutan & Tucker, LLP, Respondent
City of Buena Park
Thomas Peter Pierce — Richards, Watson & Gershon, Respondent
City of Fountain Valley
Alan Robert Burns — Harper & Burns LLP, Respondent
City of Garden Grove
James H. Eggart — Woodruff, Spradlin & Smart, APC, Respondent
City of Huntington Beach
Michael E. Gates — City of Huntington Beach - Office of City Attorney, Respondent
City of La Habra et al
Kendall Holmes MacVey — Best Best & Krieger LLP, Respondent
City of Orange
Wayne W. Winthers — City Attorney's Office, Respondent