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January 21, 2021 On Tuesday, Judge Diana Gribbon Motz of the Fourth Circuit affirmed a decision by the Eastern District of Virginia that the defendants, Richmond Ambulance Authority (RAA) and the city of Richmond, have immunity from federal antitrust liability in a suit brought by Metro Health EMS that alleged Sherman Antitrust Act and Supremacy Clause violations.
The plaintiff brought the suit after the city refused to grant Metro Health a permit to operate emergency medical service (EMS) vehicles; Metro Health was trying to obtain a license because the VA Medical Center in 2018, after nearly 30 years of using public entity RAA, requested quotes from other EMS providers. Metro Health made a bid, which the VA Medical Center selected conditionally, “but simultaneously reiterated that no contract would result unless Metro Health first obtained a permit from the City,” the judge explains. So, Metro Health “pressed the City” for a process to apply as a p