Jefferson Parish Hospital District No. 2 et al. v. Hyde

Decided March 27, 1984. John Paul Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 82-1031 · 466 U.S. 2 (1984) · Cited 891 times

Holding

The exclusive contract in question does not violate 1 of the Sherman Act.

The Court’s statement of the holding, from the opinion’s syllabus. The syllabus is prepared by the Reporter of Decisions and is not part of the opinion of the Court — read the official opinion for authority.

How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Fortner Enterprises, Inc. v. United States Steel Corp. · 394 U.S. 495 (1969)
• Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. United States · 356 U.S. 1 (1958)
• Times-Picayune Publishing Co. v. United States · 345 U.S. 594 (1953)
• United States Steel Corp. v. Fortner Enterprises, Inc. · 429 U.S. 610 (1977)
• International Salt Co. v. United States · 332 U.S. 392 (1947)
• Standard Oil Co. of California v. United States · 337 U.S. 293 (1949)
• United States v. Loew's Inc. · 371 U.S. 38 (1962)
• Arizona v. Maricopa County Medical Society · 457 U.S. 332 (1982)
• International Business MacHines Corp. v. United States · 298 U.S. 131 (1936)
• Continental T. v. Inc. v. GTE Sylvania Inc. · 433 U.S. 36 (1977)
• United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. · 334 U.S. 131 (1948)
• Brown Shoe Co. v. United States · 370 U.S. 294 (1962)
• Tampa Electric Co. v. Nashville Coal Co. · 365 U.S. 320 (1961)
• Mercoid Corp. v. Mid-Continent Investment Co. · 320 U.S. 661 (1944)
• Atlantic Refining Co. v. Federal Trade Commission · 381 U.S. 357 (1965)
• City of New Orleans v. Dukes · 427 U.S. 297 (1976)
• Hodel v. Virginia Surface Mining & Reclamation Assn., Inc. · 452 U.S. 264 (1981)
• Inwood Laboratories, Inc. v. Ives Laboratories, Inc. · 456 U.S. 844 (1982)
• United States v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. · 351 U.S. 377 (1956)
• National Society of Professional Engineers v. United States · 435 U.S. 679 (1978)
• Associated Press v. United States · 326 U.S. 1 (1945)
• White Motor Co. v. United States · 372 U.S. 253 (1963)
• Monsanto Co. v. Spray-Rite Service Corp. · 465 U.S. 752 (1984)
• McLain v. Real Estate Board of New Orleans, Inc. · 444 U.S. 232 (1980)
• Morton Salt Co. v. G. S. Suppiger Co. · 314 U.S. 488 (1942)
• Motion Picture Patents Co. v. Universal Film Manufacturing Co. · 243 U.S. 502 (1917)
• United Shoe MacHinery Corp. v. United States · 258 U.S. 451 (1922)
• United States v. Columbia Steel Co. · 334 U.S. 495 (1948)
• Carbice Corp. of America v. American Patents Development Corp. · 283 U.S. 27 (1931)
• Henry v. A. B. Dick Co. · 224 U.S. 1 (1912)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Eastman Kodak Co. v. Image Technical Services, Inc. · 504 U.S. 451 (1992)
• Illinois Tool Works Inc. v. Independent Ink, Inc. · 547 U.S. 28 (2006)
• National Collegiate Athletic Ass'n v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma · 468 U.S. 85 (1984)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Superior Court Trial Lawyers Ass'n · 493 U.S. 411 (1990)
• Copperweld Corp. v. Independence Tube Corp. · 467 U.S. 752 (1984)
• Atlantic Richfield Co. v. USA Petroleum Co. · 495 U.S. 328 (1990)
• Northwest Wholesale Stationers, Inc. v. Pacific Stationery & Printing Co. · 472 U.S. 284 (1985)
• Summit Health, Ltd. v. Pinhas · 500 U.S. 322 (1991)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (1984). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-07-03. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).