BLUE CROSS ASSOCIATION et al., Plaintiffs,
v.
Joseph A. CALIFANO et al., Defendants.
MISSOURI HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION et al., Plaintiffs,
v.
Joseph A. CALIFANO, Jr., et al., Defendants.
United States District Court, W. D. Missouri, W. D.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
June 29, 1979.
June 29, 1979.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Thos. E. Deacy, Jr., Spencer J. Brown, Phillip B. Grubaugh, Deacy & Deacy, Kansas City, Mo., for plaintiffs Blue Cross Ass'n & Blue Cross Hosp. Serv., Inc. of Mo.
James C. Munson, James D. Adducci, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs Blue Cross Ass'n.
Max O. Bagby, B. W. Jacob, Bagby, Winger & Jacob, Kansas City, Mo., for plaintiff Blue Cross of Kansas City.
Robert F. Schlafly, Schlafly, Griesedieck, Ferrell & Toft, St. Louis, Mo., for plaintiff Blue Cross Hosp. Serv., Inc. of Mo.
Carl J. Helmstetter, Spencer, Fane, Britt & Browne, Kansas City, Mo., for intervenor-plaintiff American Hospital Ass'n and for plaintiff Kansas City Area Hospital Assn.
Ronald S. Reed, Jr., U. S. Atty., Larry D. Coleman, Asst. U. S. Atty., Kansas City, Mo., Paul Blankenstein, Barbara L. Gordon, Dept. of Justice, Lloyd M. Weinerman, Dept. of HEW, Washington, D. C., Paul P. Cacioppo, Regional Atty., Dept. of HEW, Bruce R. Granger, Asst. Regional Atty., Dept. of HEW, Kansas City, Mo., for defendants.
John C. Shepherd, Coburn, Croft, Shepherd & Herzog, St. Louis, Mo., for plaintiff Hospital Ass'n. of Metropolitan St. Louis.
Cullen Coil, Carson, Monaco, Coil, Riley & McMillin, Jefferson City, Mo., for plaintiff Missouri Hospital Ass'n.
Wayne T. Stratton, Goodell, Stratton, Edmonds, Palmer & Wright, Topeka, Kan., for plaintiff Kansas Hospital Assn.
United States District Court, W. D. Missouri, W. D.
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND JUDGMENT
COLLINSON, District Judge.
I.
This is an action for declaratory and injunctive relief. The Court has jurisdiction under the federal question provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 1331. Two cases were filed seeking the same relief on essentially the same grounds. The named defendants are identical. The cases are hereby consolidated for all purposes pursuant to Rule 42(a), Fed...
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