in the circuit court of jackson county, missouri, at independence

221. On January 29, 2004, March 4, 2004, April 2, 2004 US
Bancorp’s counsel, Nicholas A.J. Vlietstra and Piper
Jaffray’s counsel Reed coordinated their appeal (10th
C.C.A. 03-3342) with the GE defense. The GE defendants
included the action against the US BANCORP defendants and
Unknown Healthcare Provider as a related appellate case in
(10th C.C.A. 04-3075) and used the US BANCORP order as a
basis for a cross appeal (10th C.C.A. 04-3102) challenging
the failure of the trial court to grant sanctions against
Medical Supply.”
222. A cartel of hospital suppliers organized in an
anticompetitive agreement as members of GE’s GHX,LLC and
including the University Hospital Consortium (UHC), Robert
J. Baker, the Volunteer Hospital Association (VHA, Inc.),
Novation LLC, Neoforma, Inc. and Robert J. Zollars renewed
their conscious commitment to a common scheme designed to
achieve an unlawful objective of keeping Medical Supply out
of the market for hospital supplies by reviewing the case
against US BANCORP and consulting with representatives for
the defendants US BANCORP and US BANK along with Jerry A.
Grundhoffer, Andrew Cesere, the Piper Jaffray Companies and
Andrew S. Duff.
223. The cartel decided to rely on the continuing efforts
to illegally influence the Kansas District Court and Tenth
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