COVENTRY HEALTH CARE OF MISSOURI v. NEVILS

No. 16-149.

137 S.Ct. 1190 (2017)

581 U.S. 87

COVENTRY HEALTH CARE OF MISSOURI, INC., fka Group Health Plan, Inc., Petitioner, v. Jodie NEVILS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 18, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Miguel A. Estrada , Washington, DC, for petitioner.

Zachary D. Tripp for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the petitioner.

Matthew W.H. Wessler , Washington, DC, for respondent.

Ralph K. Phalen , Phalen Law, Mitchell L. Burgess , Burgess Law Firm, Kansas City, MO, John Campbell , Campbell Law, LLC, St. Louis, MO, Matthew Wessler , Deepak Gupta , Matthew Spurlock , Rachel S. Bloomekatz , Gupta Wessler PLLC, Washington, DC, Brian Wolfman, Washington, DC, for respondent.

Thomas N. Sterchi , David M. Eisenberg , Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice, LLC, Kansas City, MO, Miguel A. Estrada , Jonathan C. Bond , Ryan N. Watzel , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC, for petitioner.


In the Federal Employees Health Benefits Act of 1959 (FEHBA), 5 U.S.C. § 8901 et seq., Congress authorized the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to contract with private carriers for federal employees' health insurance. § 8902(a), (d). FEHBA contains a provision expressly preempting...

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