Legal Opinion
Blue Cross & Blue Shield v. Bell
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 15, 1986No. 84-2700PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN P. MOORE, Circuit Judge.
Appellant Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, Missouri (Blue Cross), initiated this action challenging the constitutionality of a recently enacted Kansas insurance statute. The district court denied the requested injunctive and declaratory relief. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City v. Bell, 596 F.Supp. 1053 (D.Kan.1984). During the interval between the perfecting of the appeal and the oral argument, the Supreme Court decided Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. v. Massachusetts, 471 U.S. 724, 105 S.Ct. 2380, 85 L.Ed.2d 728 (1985), which settled two of the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Metropolitan Life Insurance v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Allied Structural Steel Co. v. SpannausSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Securities & Exchange Commission v. National Securities, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Group Life & Health Insurance v. Royal Drug Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by3 opinions
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