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Abflex, U.S.A., Inc., and Martin Van Der Hoeven., In the Matter of,
Kent & Spiegel Direct, Inc., Marsha Kent, and Peter Spiegel., In the Matter of
Butterworth Health Corporation and Blodgett Memorial Medical Center
The Commission authorized staff to file a motion for a preliminary injunction to block the proposed merger of the two largest hospitals in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Blodgen and Butterworth Hospital, on grounds that the merger would substantially reduce competition for acute-care inpatient hospital services in the area The complaint was filed January 23,1996 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan (Southern Division). On September 26,1996, the court denied the Commission's request for an injunction. The Commission dismissed its administrative complaint after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit upheld the district court's decision.