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Wellmark, Inc. D/B/A Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Iowa, an Iowa Corporation, and Wellmark Health Plan of Iowa, Inc., an Iowa Corporation v. Iowa District Court for Polk County

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided February 17, 2017No. 15–1922PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WATERMAN, Justice.

When is a case over? We have decided two prior appeals in this civil action: Mueller v. Wellmark, Inc., 818 N.W.2d 244, 267 (Iowa 2012) (reversing summary judgment in part) (Mueller I), and Mueller v. Wellmark, Inc., 861 N.W.2d 563, 575 (Iowa 2015) (affirming summary judgment dismissing the fourth amended petition) (Mueller II). After procedendo issued in Mueller II, the plaintiffs persuaded the district court to proceed with an antitrust claim they had previously stipulated was not included in their fourth amended petition. We granted the defendant’s petition for a writ of…

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Bradley A. Chicoine, Dr. Bradley A. Chicoine, D.C., P.C., Mark A. Niles, Niles Chiropractic, Inc., Rod R. Rebarcak, and Ben Winecoff, on Behalf of Themselves and Those Like Situated v. Wellmark, Inc. D/B/A Wellmark Blue Cross ASupreme Court of Iowa · 2017
  2. Amended July 17, 2017 Bradley A. Chicoine, Dr. Bradley A. Chicoine, D.C., P.C., Mark A. Niles, Niles Chiropractic, Inc., Rod R. Rebarcak, and Ben Winecoff, on Behalf of Themselves and Those Like Situated v. Wellmark, Inc. DSupreme Court of Iowa · 2017
  3. Bradley A. Chicoine, D.C. Dr. Bradley A. Chicoine, P.C. Mark A. Niles, D.C. Niles Chiropractic, Inc. and Rod R. Rebarcak, D.C., on behalf of themselves and those like situated v. Wellmark, Inc. d/b/a Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Iowa and Wellmark Health Plan of Iowa, Inc.Supreme Court of Iowa · 2024
  4. Christopher J. Godfrey v. State of Iowa, Terry Branstad, Governor of the State of Iowa, in His Official Capacity, Brenna Findley, Legal Counsel to the Governor of the State of Iowa, in Her Official CapacitySupreme Court of Iowa · 2021
  5. Christopher J. Godfrey v. State of Iowa, Terry Branstad, Governor of the State of Iowa, in His Official Capacity, Renna Findley, Legal Counsel to the Governor of the State of Iowa, in Her Official CapacitySupreme Court of Iowa · 2021

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