Legal Opinion
Kip Hayes v. Prudential Insurance Company of America, National League of Postmasters of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 23, 1987No. 85-5527, 85-5528PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRUNETTI, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from summary judgments granted in two consolidated cases, Kip Hayes v. Prudential Insurance Co., No. 85-5527 (D.C. No. 84-1245), and National League of Postmasters of the United States v. United States Office of Personnel Management and Nobel Hayes, No. 85-5528 (D.C. No. 84-0341). We are asked to review the district court’s rulings that federal employee health benefits lawfully may be reduced from year to year, and that the Federal Employee Health Benefits Act preempts state law tort and contract actions.
Though we are moved by the compelling…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Pilot Life Insurance v. DedeauxSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Allis-Chalmers Corp. v. LueckSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- David D. Darring v. Larry Kincheloe, Superintendent of the Washington State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- Donald F. Tackitt v. Prudential Insurance Company of America, United States of America, and Special Agents Mutual Benefit Association, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- Lloyde E. Howard v. Group Hospital Service, an Oklahoma Corporation, D/B/A Blue Cross and Blue Shield of OklahomaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1984
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3Cited by48 opinions
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- Marilyn Goepel Ronald Goepel v. National Postal Mail Handlers Union, a Division of Liuna, D/B/A Mail Handlers Benefit PlanCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
- Kennedy v. Empire Blue Cross & Blue ShieldCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1993
- Kennedy v. Empire Blue Cross And Blue ShieldCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1993
- Bruce F. Botsford v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Montana, Inc. Blue Cross and Blue Shield AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
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