Legal Opinion
Medical Association of Georgia v. Wellpoint, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 18, 2014No. 12-14013PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAYLSON, District Judge:
I. INTRODUCTION
The issue before us is whether the District Court abused its discretion in finding Appellants in contempt for violating the terms of a prior Settlement Agreement.
Underlying this overarching issue is a complex, twelve-year-old, multidistrict litigation; a related multidistrict litigation pending in another federal district court; and whether the District Court reasonably interpreted the Settlement Agreement in the first action.
*1225A. MDL 1334
In 2000, a number of physicians and physician associations initiated a group of class actions against various providers…
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