ORACARE DPO, INC. v. MERIN

Nos. 91-5617 and 92-5309.

972 F.2d 519 (1992)

ORACARE DPO, INC.; Oracare Consultants, Inc.; Oracare Dental Health Center — Vineland N.J., P.A.; Frank A. Pettisani, D.D.S. v. Kenneth D. MERIN, Commissioner of Insurance For the State of New Jersey Samuel F. Fortunato, Commissioner of Insurance for the State of New Jersey, successor of the above named defendant, Kenneth D. Merin, former Commissioner of Insurance for the State of New Jersey, Appellant. Samuel F. FORTUNATO, Commissioner of Insurance for the State of New Jersey, Petitioner, v. John C. LIFLAND, United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey, Nominal Respondent, and Oracare Dpo, Inc.; Oracare Consultants, Inc.; Oracare Dental Health Center — Vineland N.J., P.A.; Frank A. Pettisani, D.D.S., Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided August 14, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Del Tufo, Atty. Gen. of New Jersey, Joseph L. Yannotti, Asst. Atty. Gen., Mary C. Jacobson, Deputy Atty. Gen., Patricia A. Kern, Trenton, N.J., for appellant-petitioner.

Blank, Rome, Comisky & McCauley A. Fred Ruttenberg, Cherry Hill, N.J., for respondents Oracare DPO, Inc., Oracare Consultants, Inc., Oracare Dental Health Center — Vineland N.J., P.A. and Frank A. Pettisani, D.D.S.

Before: GREENBERG, ALITO, and ALDISERT, Circuit Judges.


Submitted under Third Circuit Rule 12(6) August 3, 1992.

OPINION OF THE COURT

GREENBERG, Circuit Judge.

I.

BACKGROUND

Samuel F. Fortunato, the Commissioner of Insurance of the State of New Jersey, appeals from an order of the district court entered on June 26, 1991, granting summary judgment in favor of plaintiffs Oracare DPO, Inc. and Oracare Dental Health Center — Vineland, N.J., P.A. (together called "Oracare"). Oracare...

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