Legal Opinion
Beam Partners, LLC v. Nancy G. Atkins, Liquidator of Ky. Health Coop., Inc.
District Court, E.D. Kentucky
Decided September 11, 2018No. Civil No. 3:17-cv-004-GFVTPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Gregory F. Van Tatenhove, United States District Judge
Federal judges often find themselves at the intersection of state law and federal law and faced with the dilemma of which direction to turn. Occasionally, an area of state law can circumvent the Founding Fathers' dictate that federal law reign supreme, but only in rare situations. After several hearings and many hundreds of pages of briefing, the Court finds that this situation does not arise here. Kentucky's prohibition of arbitration between insolvent insurance companies and third-party contractors does not trump the mandate of the…
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