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| {{Infobox Case Brief
| | 457 U.S. 465 (1982) |
| |court=U.S. Supreme Court
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| |citation=457 U.S. 465 (1982)
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| |date=June 21, 1982
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| |subject=Antitrust
| | [[Category: Cases:Antitrust]] |
| |appealed_from=U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit
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| |overturned=
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| |partially_overturned=
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| |reaffirmed=
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| |questioned=
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| |criticized=
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| |distinguished=
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| |cited=
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| |followed=
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| |related=
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| |facts=McCready received medical insurance coverage under a prepaid group health plan purchased by her employer from Blue Shield of Virginia. She received services from a psychologist,for which Blue Cross declined to reimburse her.
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| |procedural_history=McCready sued, seeking damages under § 4 of the Clayton Act, which provides for recovery of such damages by "[a]ny person" injured "by reason of anything" prohibited in the antitrust laws. The District Court granted Blue Cross's motion to dismiss, holding that respondent had no standing under § 4 to maintain her suit. The Court of Appeals reversed.
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| |issues=Does McCready have standing under § 4?
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| |arguments=
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| |holding=Yes, McCready has standing to maintain the action.
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| |judgment=Affirmed.
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| |reasons=Section 4 of the Clayton Act provides a remedy to "[a]ny person" injured "by reason of" anything prohibited in the antitrust laws."
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| |rule=
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| |comments=
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| |case_text_links={{Infobox Case Brief/Case Text Link
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| |link=https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/457/465/
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| |case_text_source=Justia
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| |Court_opinion_parts={{Court opinion part
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| |opinion_type=majority
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| |written_by=William J. Brennan, Jr.
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| |joined_by=White*Marshall*Blackmun*Powell
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| }}{{Court opinion part
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| |opinion_type=dissent
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| |written_by=William Rehnquist
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| |joined_by=Burger*Sandra Day O'Connor
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| }}{{Court opinion part
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| |opinion_type=dissent
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| |written_by=John Paul Stevens
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| |joined_by=
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| }}
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| }}
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