NATIONAL KIDNEY PATIENTS ASS'N v. SULLIVAN

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Vanderstar, with whom Ellen J. Flannery and Bruce N. Kuhlik, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellant, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida, Inc.

Jeffrica Jenkins Lee, Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., Stuart E. Schiffer, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., and John F. Cordes, Atty., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellants, Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., and the Dept. of Health and Human Services.

Nathan Lewin, with whom Stevan E. Bunnell, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellees.

Before WALD, Chief Judge, MIKVA, Circuit Judge, and OBERDORFER, District Judge.