Hightower v. Texas Hospital Ass'n

ON PETITION FOR REHEARING

Before DAVIS and JONES, Circuit Judges, and COBB 1 , District Judge.

ORDER

In their petition for rehearing, appellees have raised a number of arguments that they did not make to this court in their original appellate briefs. Specifically, they contend that if the scope of Title I and Title IV of ERISA are not construed consistently with regard to governmental plans that have, as here, been transferred to private entities, a number of problems will arise. The alleged problems will include the extent to which state law rules will govern matters otherwise controlled by…