Legal Opinion
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Alabama, Inc. v. Nielsen
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 10, 1997No. 96-6560PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARNES, Circuit Judge:
This appeal concerns the proper construction and application of three Alabama acts governing the relationship between insurers and health care providers in the state. The disposition of this appeal depends upon the resolution of these issues: (1) is Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama (Blue Cross) exempt from the application of the three Alabama acts by the terms of previously enacted Alabama statutes; (2) if Blue Cross is exempt from the application of the three Alabama acts due to the terms of those previously enacted statutes, are those exempting statutes violative…
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- 21 Employee Benefits Cas. 1544, 11 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. C 132 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama, Inc., Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee v. John O. Nielsen, D.M.D., Individually and on Behalf of All Other Persons Who Are Similarly Situated, Kenneth O. Friday, George R. Bolling, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Intervenor-Defendants-Counterclaimants-Appellants, Complete Health, Inc., Samuel W. Sullivan, M.D., MovantsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1997
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