Hewlett-Packard Co. v. Barnes

MEMORANDUM OF OPINION

RENFREW, District Judge.

Plaintiffs commenced this action to prevent defendant Willie R. Barnes, Commissioner of Corporations of the State of California, from requiring them to comply with the California Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975, Cal.Health & Safety Code § 1340, et seq. (“Knox-Keene”). Plaintiffs Standard Oil Company of California (“Standard”), Hewlett-Packard Company (“Hewlett-Packard”), The Pacific Lumber Company (“Pacific”), and The Pacific Lumber Company Employee Benefits Organization (“Pacific Employee Organization”) filed the original complaint…