UNITED WIRE, METAL AND MACHINE HEALTH AND WELFARE FUND v. MORRISTOWN MEM. HOSP.

Nos. 92-5317, 92-5319, 92-5320, 92-5341, 92-5343, 92-5345, 92-5352, 92-5354, and 92-5355.

995 F.2d 1179 (1993)

UNITED WIRE, METAL AND MACHINE HEALTH AND WELFARE FUND; Jack Stoll; Esther Borja; Javier Restrepo; United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Local 464A, AFL-CIO Group Reimbursement Welfare Plan; Frank Lacatena; Dolores Lacatena; New Jersey Carpenters Welfare Fund; Local #807 Labor-Management Health Fund; Trustees of the Local # 807 Labor-Management Health Fund; Prosper Alexander; Marie Alexander; District Council of Ironworkers of Northern New Jersey Welfare Fund; Archie G. Ferguson; Ronald W. Jensen; John J. Irvine; Walter Phillips; Michael J. McDermott; Samuel Pacich; Albert J. Irwin; Nicholas J. Andretta, Sr.; Gary Ugaro; Walter F. Steinmetz; John D. Mulvany; Michael W. Featherson; Francis E. Arny; John J. Clark, Sr.; Ronald W. Williams; Daniel J. Perez; Keith E. Zdep; Edward Weidler; Louis Rocco; Raymond J. Rodgers; Francis J. Akesson; Donald J. Banta, Sr.; Charles W. Bird; David F. Brown; Clifford Crooks; Robert T. Cusick; James P. Fitzgerald; Joseph A. Fusaro; Charles Gamba; Richard Gougeon; John Keating; Gerard McCloud; Robert McGee; Alexander McLellan; John Murphy; Laurence O'Brien; Peter O'Conner; Raul Rodriguez; Robert Schweitzer; Robert Sickles; Andrew L. Smith; Richard Sparks; George Sudak; Edward Tedesco; James Toal; Enoch P. McMahan; Local Union 400, IBEW Welfare Fund; Brian Hruska; William Marsh; Charles Work; Harold Rutledge; Ralph Allen; Thomas Vadas; Vincent Worth; Timothy Hill; Ronald Ramsey; John Ireland; James Martin; Michael Almasi; Beverly A. Ruby; Peter Namotka; Daniel Kennedy; George Cole; Walter Davies; Robert Hermann; Frank Hermann; Charles Keller; Dennis Johnson; Connie J. Koehler; Frank O'Day; Vincent La Stella; Donald McNeil; Jean-Louis Pouliot; Nicholas Aemisego; Robert Stahnke; Philip Cerza; Gary Giorgio; Edward Osowski; Glenn Halvorsen; William Stadelman; Daniel Julio, Jr.; Francis Alexander; Leonard Dahl; Michael Devine; Joseph George; Ralph Jensen; Donald La Brutto; Norman Gramlich; Juan Romero; Joseph Piwoski; Harry Pease, Jr.; Eugene O'Rourke; Paul Niedzinski; Bernard Wall; Stephen Kojac; Charles Krupka; William McCormack; Minor Kennard; Stephen J. Sangle; Donald Schiraldo; John Gacina, III; Brian McCarthy; Charles McNally; Robert Czajowski; Brian Woodall; Jeffrey Stahnke; John Ryan; Ralph Rosamilia, Sr.; Daniel Mugan; Edward Mironski; Michael Middings; Andrew Mahasky; Walter Jelinsky; Albert Gaechter; Louis Di Mascio; Elliott Roseman; Trustees of the Operating Engineers Local 825 Welfare Fund; Richard Hornecker; Teamsters Local 11 Benefit Plan; Trustees of the Teamsters Local 11 Benefit Plan; Katluska Baidal; William Bartel; Gunter Blohm; Angelo Buinno; Betty J. Cairns; Frank Close; Jose Cruz; Santos Garcia; Karen Gensure; Dorothy Larson; Richard Litchfield; Sandra Marino; John Matuszkiewicz; George McClaughlin; Olga Montes; Fernando Perez; Santo Ramos; Martha Sara; Roxeen Scala; Edmund Scott; Charlie Taylor; Melissa Turi; Sangpo Tsuldin; Cosmo Visentini; NYSA-ILA Welfare Fund; John Bowers; Albert Cernadas; Frank Lonardo; Thomas Popola; James Capo; Joseph N. Barbera; Bart Dimattina; Richard H. O'Neill; Laborers International Union of North America Local 415 Health and Welfare Fund; Sheet Metal Workers Local Union No. 25 Welfare Fund; Jeffrey Stajek; James Luciano; John A. Freudenreich, Sr.; Thomas Smiech; Joseph McCallion; Daniel Smith, Jr.; James McKay; Mark Cox; Trustees of the Teamsters Local 641 Welfare Fund; Carlos Rocha; George Koester; Carmela Ferens; Khoonrajie Raghubans; Phillip Savittieri; Earl Patterson; Robert Reeder; Local 1245, Local 1245 Health Fund; Anthony Rizzo; Joseph Abbate; Joseph Massoud; Ralph Mastrangelo; Trustees of the Welfare Trust Fund, Local Union No. 475; Willie A. Barnes; Herman Geiger; Vinston Lee King; Kevin E. Kline; Robert L. Rosa; William Brennan; James Murphy, Jr.; Patricia McElligott; Kevin McCormick; Patrick Ryan, Jr.; Anthony E. Smith; Robert Laveratt; John S. Wittek; John McQuilken; John Montesano; Roy E. Frank; John O'Neill, Jr.; Frank Robinson; Dale Schaefer; John J. Serra; Donald Sheridan; Wenceslao Soto; Michael J. Russo; Joseph P. Murphy, Jr.; Calvin R. Sutton, III; Ronald J. Zakarzewski; Frank Whitney, Sr.; Jack Nachtigall; Lawrence Parkin; Edison Rodriquez; William Moran; Vincent Doffont; George Stout; Brian Lubeck; Americo Guglielmo; David Vadas; Christopher Andrewski; David Jenkins; Arthur Ackerman; Kenneth Finton; Ramon Lorenzo; Wesley Sanderson; Charles Newman, III; Leonard Iarossi; George Rossi; William Skieczius; John Hancock; Edward Thorne; Joseph Tagliadia; Michael Machanska; Steve Parlacask v. MORRISTOWN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL; Frances J. Dunston, New Jersey Commissioner of Health; New Jersey State Department of Health; New Jersey Hospital Rate Setting Commission; New Jersey Commissioner of Health; Frances Dunston; Memorial Hospital of Burlington County; The Medical Center of Ocean County; Kimball Medical Center; Mercer Medical Center; Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital; Princeton Medical Center; Hospital of Salem County; Newcomb Medical Center; Riverview Medical Center; Community Medical Center; Shore Memorial Hospital; Burdette Tomlin Memorial Hospital; Christ Hospital; Newark Beth Israel Medical Center; St. Joseph's Hospital; Wayne General Hospital; South Jersey Hospital System; Cooper Hospital; West Jersey Health Systems; Atlantic City Medical Center; Union Memorial Hospital; Elizabeth General Hospital; Englewood Hospital; Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital; Barnert Memorial Hospital; Passaic General Hospital; Rahway Hospital; Valley Hospital; Holy Name Hospital; St. Peter's Medical Center; Somerset Medical Center; Overlook Hospital; St. Elizabeth Hospital; Dover General Medical Center; Hunterdon Medical Center; Chilton Memorial Hospital; Kessler Memorial Hospital; Freehold Area Hosp.; Kennedy Memorial Hospital; University Hospital; Underwood Memorial Hospital; Jersey City Medical Center; St. Joseph's Hospital; St. Barnabas Medical Center; Raritan Bay Medical Center; Clara Maass Medical Center; St. Clare's/Riverside Medical Center; John F. Kennedy Medical Center; Hackettstown Community Hospital; Zurbrugg Memorial Hospital; Jersey Shore Medical Center; Monmouth Medical Ctr; Newton Memorial Hospital; University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey; Deborah Heart and Lung Center; Hospital Center at Orange; Dover General Hospital; West Jersey Health System; Raritan Bay Medical Center; Hackensack Medical Center; South Amboy Memorial Hospital; The Mountainside Hospital; St. Francis Hospital; Bayonne Hospital; Muhlenberg Hospital; Centrastate (FAH) Hospital; St. James Hospital; Kennedy Memorial Hospital at Saddle Brook; Administrator of the New Jersey Health Care Trust Fund; New Jersey Department of Human Services (Division) of Medical Assistance and Health Services; Elizabeth General Medical Center; Dover General Medical Center; Irvington General Hospital; Union Hospital; Warren Hospital; Columbus Hospital; East Orange General Hospital; Francis Dubeau; Lillian Dubeau; Bayshore Community Hospital; New Jersey Hospital Association; Bergen Pines County Hospital; Community Memorial Hospital; Greenville Hospital; Montclair Community (Hospital) Palisades General Hospital; Passaic Beth Israel Hospital; Raritan Bay Medical Center/Perth Amboy Division; Riverview Medical Center; Southern Ocean County Hospital; St. Mary's Hospital; The General Hospital Center at Passaic; Wallkill Valley Hospital and Health Centers; St. Mary's Hospital (Passaic); United Hospital; Pascack Valley Hospital; West Hudson Hospital; Johnson University Hospital; Administrator of the New Jersey Health Care Trust Fund; New Jersey Department of Human Services Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services; New Jersey Hospital; New Jersey Hospital Association, Intervenors-Defendants. UNITED WIRE, METAL AND MACHINE HEALTH AND WELFARE FUND; Esther Borja v. ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL; New Jersey Commissioner of Health; New Jersey State Department of Health; New Jersey Hospital Rate Setting Commission; Frances J. Dunston; UNITED WIRE, METAL AND MACHINE HEALTH AND WELFARE FUND; Javier Restrepo v. ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER; Frances J. Dunston, in her capacity as New Jersey Commissioner of Health; New Jersey State Department of Health; New Jersey Hospital Rate Setting Commission. UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION, LOCAL 464A, AFL-CIO GROUP REIMBURSEMENT WELFARE PLAN; Frank Lacatena; Dolores Lacatena v. WAYNE GENERAL HOSPITAL; Frances J. Dunston; New Jersey Commissioner of Health; New Jersey State Department of Health; New Jersey Hospital Rate Setting Commission. DISTRICT COUNCIL OF IRONWORKERS OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY WELFARE FUND; Archie G. Ferguson; Ronald W. Jensen; John J. Irvine; Walter Phillips; Michael J. McDermott; Samuel Pacich; Albert J. Irwin; Nicholas J. Andretta, Sr.; Gary Ugaro; Walter F. Steinmetz; John D. Mulvaney; Michael W. Featherson; Francis E. Arny; John J. Clark, Sr.; Ronald W. Williams; Daniel J. Perez; Keith E. Zdep; Edward Weidler; Louis Rocco; Raymond J. Rodgers; Francis J. Akesson; Donald J. Banta, Sr.; Charles W. Bird; David Brown; Clifford Crooks; Robert T. Cusick; James P. Fitzgerald; Joseph A. Fusaro; Charles Gamba; Richard Gougeon; John Keating; Gerard McCloud; Robert McGee; Alexander McLellan; John Murphy; Laurence O'Brien; Peter O'Conner; Raul Rodriguez; Robert Schweitzer; Robert Sickles; Andrew L. Smith; Richard Sparks; George Sudak; Edward Tedesco; James Toal; Enoch P. McMahan v. Frances J. DUNSTON, in her capacity as New Jersey Commissioner of Health; New Jersey State Department of Health; New Jersey Hospital Rate Setting Commission; Deborah Heart and Lung Center; Hunterdon Medical Center; St. Francis Hospital; Hospital Center at Orange; St. Peter's Medical Center; St. Clare's/Riverside Medical Center; John F. Kennedy Medical Center; Dover General Hospital; St. Barnabas Medical Center; Valley Hospital; Overlook Hospital; Rahway Hospital; Newton Memorial Hospital; West Jersey Health System; Raritan Bay Medical Center; Hackensack Medical Center; Clara Maass Medical Center; Holy Name Hospital; Newark Beth Israel Medical Center; Bayonne Hospital; Chilton Memorial Hospital; St. Joseph's Hospital; Muhlenberg Hospital; Community Med Center; Christ Hospital; South Amboy Memorial Hospital; Centrastate (FAH) Hospital; Wayne General Hospital; Princeton Medical Center; St. James Hospital, a/k/a Cathedral Health Services, Inc.; Mountainside Hospital; Passaic General Hospital; New Jersey Hospital Association, Intervenor/Defendant. NEW JERSEY CARPENTERS WELFARE FUND v. Frances J. DUNSTON, in her capacity as New Jersey Commissioner of Health; New Jersey State Department of Health; New Jersey Hospital Rate Setting Commission; South Jersey Hospital System; Cooper Hospital; West Jersey Health Systems; Atlantic City Medical Center; Memorial Hospital of Burlington County; The Medical Center of Ocean County; Kimball Medical Center; Mercer Medical Center; Our Lady of Lourdes; Princeton Medical Center; Hospital of Salem County; Newcomb Medical Center; Riverview Medical Center; Community Medical Center; Shore Memorial Hospital; Burdette Tomlin Memorial; Christ Hospital; Morristown Memorial Hospital; Newark Beth Israel Medical Center; Wayne General Hospital; Union Memorial Hospital; Elizabeth General Hospital; Englewood Hospital; Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital; Barnert Memorial Hospital; Passaic General Hospital; Rahway Hospital; The Valley Hospital; Holy Name Hospital; St. Peter's Medical Center; Somerset Medical Center; Overlook Hospital; St. Elizabeth Hospital; Dover General Medical Center; Hunterdon Medical Center; Chilton Memorial Hospital; Kessler Memorial Hospital; Freehold Area Hospital; Kennedy Memorial Hospital; University Hospital; Underwood Memorial Hospital; Jersey City Medical Center; St. Joseph's Hospital; St. Barnabas Medical Center; Raritan Bay Medical Center; Clara Maass Medical Center; St. Clare's/Riverside Medical Center; John F. Kennedy Medical Center; Hackettstown Community Hospital; Zurbrugg Memorial Hospital; Jersey Shore Medical Center; Monmouth Medical Center; Newton Memorial Hospital; New Jersey Hospital, New Jersey Hospital Association, Intervenor/Defendant. LOCAL # 807 LABOR-MANAGEMENT HEALTH FUND; Trustees of the Local # 807 Labor-Management Health Fund; Prosper Alexander; Marie Alexander v. UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey; Frances J. Dunston, in her capacity as New Jersey Commissioner of Health; New Jersey State Department of Health; New Jersey Hospital Rate Setting Commission. LOCAL UNION 400, IBEW WELFARE FUND; Brian Hruska; William Marsh; Charles Work; Harold Rutledge; Ralph Allen; Thomas Vadas; Vincent Worth; Timothy Hill; Ronald Ramsey; John Ireland; James Martin v. Frances J. DUNSTON, in her capacity as New Jersey Commissioner of Health; New Jersey State Department of Health; New Jersey Hospital Rate Setting Commission; The Medical Center of Ocean County; Riverview Medical Center; Community Medical Center; Jersey Shore Medical Center; Kimball Medical Center; Monmouth Medical Center, New Jersey Hospital Association, Intervenor/Defendant. OVERLOOK HOSPITAL v. Frances DUBEAU; Lillian Dubeau. LABORERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA LOCAL 415 HEALTH AND WELFARE FUND v. Frances J. DUNSTON, in her capacity as New Jersey Commissioner of Health; New Jersey State Department of Health; New Jersey Hospital Rate Setting Commission. NYSA-ILA WELFARE FUND, by its Trustees; John Bowers, Trustee; Albert Cernadas, Trustee; Frank Lonardo, Trustee; Thomas Popola, Trustee; James Capo, Trustee; Joseph N. Barbera, Trustee; Bart Dimattina, Trustee; Richard H. O'Neill, Trustee v. Frances J. DUNSTON, in her capacity as New Jersey Commissioner of Health; New Jersey State Department of Health; New Jersey Hospital Rate Setting Commission; Columbus Hospital; East Orange General Hospital; St. James Hospital; University Hospital; Individually and as Class Representatives of Hospitals in the State of New Jersey; New Jersey Hospital Association, as Class representative of Hospital in the State of New Jersey. SHEET METAL WORKERS LOCAL UNION NO. 25 WELFARE FUND; Jeffrey Stajek; James Luciano; John A. Freudenreich, Sr.; Thomas Smiech; Joseph McCallion; Daniel Smith, Jr.; James McKay; Mark Cox v. Frances J. DUNSTON, in her capacity of New Jersey Commissioner of Health; New Jersey State Department of Health; New Jersey Hospital Rate Setting Commission; Administrator of the New Jersey Health Care Trust Fund; New Jersey Department of Human Services (Division) of Medical Assistance and Health Services; New Jersey Hospital Association; St. Barnabas Medical Center; Holy Name Hospital; Hackensack Medical Center; West Hudson Hospital; Overlook Hospital; John F. Kennedy Medical Center; Hunterdon Medical Center; Morristown Memorial Hospital; Irvington General Hospital; Clara Maass Medical Center. TRUSTEES OF THE OPERATING ENGINEERS LOCAL 825 WELFARE FUND; Richard Hornecker v. Frances J. DUNSTON, in her capacity as New Jersey Commissioner of Health; New Jersey State Department of Health; New Jersey Hospital Rate Setting Commission; Administrator of the New Jersey Health Care Trust Fund; New Jersey Department of Human Services, Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services. TEAMSTERS LOCAL 11 BENEFIT FUND; Trustees of the Teamsters Local 11 Benefit Plan; Katluska Baidal; William Bartell; Gunter Blohm; Angelo Buinno; Betty J. Cairns; Frank Close; Jose Cruz; Santos Garcia; Karen Gensure; Dorothy Larson; Richard Litchfield; Sandra Marino; John Matuszkiewicz; George McClaughlin; Olga Montes; Fernando Perez; Santo Ramos; Martha Sara; Roxeen Scala; Edmund Scott; Charlie Taylor; Melissa Turi; Sangpo Tsuldin; Cosmo Visentini v. BAYSHORE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; Chilton Memorial Hospital; Clara Maass Medical Center; Dover General Hospital; Elizabeth General Medical Center; Englewood Hospital; Holy Name Hospital; Irvington General Hospital; Jersey City Medical Center; Passaic General Hospital; St. Francis Hospital; St. Peter's Medical Center; Somerset Medical Center; Union Hospital; United Hospital; University Hospital; Valley Hospital; Warren Hospital; Frances J. Dunston, in her capacity as New Jersey Commissioner of Health; New Jersey State Department of Health; New Jersey Hospital Rate Setting Commission. TRUSTEES OF THE WELFARE TRUST FUND, LOCAL UNION NO. 475; Willie A. Barnes; Herman Geiger; Vinston Lee King; Kevin E. Kline; Robert L. Rosa; William Brennan; James Murphy, Jr.; Patricia McElligott; Kevin McCormick; Patrick Ryan, Jr.; Anthony E. Smith; Robert Laveratt; John S. Wittek; John McQuilken; John Montesano; Roy E. Frank; John O'Neill, Jr.; Frank Robinson; Dale Schaefer; John J. Serra; Donald Sheridan; Wenceslao Soto; Michael J. Russo; Joseph P. Murphy, Jr.; Calvin R. Sutton, III; Ronald J. Zakarzewski; Frank Whitney, Sr.; Jack Nachtigall; Lawrence Parkin; Edison Rodriguez; William Moran; Vincent Doffont v. Frances J. DUNSTON, in her capacity as New Jersey Commissioner of Health; New Jersey State Department of Health; New Jersey Hospital Rate Setting Commission; Administrator of the New Jersey Health Care Trust Fund; New Jersey Department of Human Services, Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services; West Hudson Hospital; University of Medicine & Dentistry; Overlook Hospital; Morristown Memorial Hospital; Union Hospital; Riverview Medical Center; Northern Ocean Hospital System; Community Medical Center; Hospital Center at Orange; Hunterdon Medical Center; Warren Hospital; Centrastate Medical Center; Somerset Medical Center; Robert Wood Johnson University; The Medical Center of Ocean County; Jersey Shore Medical Center; Columbus Hospital; John F. Kennedy Medical Center; Clara Maass Medical Center. TEAMSTERS LOCAL 641 WELFARE FUND; Carlos Rocha; George Koester; Carmela Ferens; Khoonrajie Raghubans; Phillip Savittieri; Earl Patterson; Robert Reeder v. Frances J. DUNSTON, in her capacity as New Jersey Commissioner of Health; New Jersey State Department of Health; New Jersey Hospital Rate Setting Commission; Medical Center of Ocean County; St. Barnabas Medical Center; Clara Maass Medical Center; St. Elizabeth Hospital; Passaic General Hospital. LOCAL 1245 HEALTH FUND; Local 1245 Bakery and Specialty Health Fund; James Arbolino; Anthony Rocco; Harold Polsky; Nevio Manciini; Willie Sconiers; Irene Hickey; Kathleen Rodriguez; William Clackworthy; Edward Nelson; Patricia Conrad; Ronald Cozzo; Holly Ann Culbert; Joachim Schaffranietz; Hubert Chase; Robert Bauman; Russell Schwartz; Jean Jacques Kervan; Arthur Beyer v. Frances J. DUNSTON, in her capacity as New Jersey Commissioner of Health; New Jersey State Department of Health; New Jersey Hospital Rate Setting Commission; Dover General Hospital; The Medical Center of Ocean County; Saint Barnabas Medical Center; Union Hospital; John F. Kennedy Medical Center; Englewood Hospital; Morristown Memorial Hospital; Centrastate; Saint Peter's Medical Center; Saint Mary's Hospital; Meadowlands Hospital and Medical Center; Jersey Shore Medical Center; Kennedy Memorial Hospital; Passaic General Hospital. Anthony RIZZO; Joseph Abbate; Joseph Massoud; Ralph Mastrangelo, as Trustees of the Local 945, I.B.T. Welfare Fund v. BARNERT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL CENTER; Bayonne Hospital; Bayshore Community Hospital; Bergen Pines County Hospital; Centrastate Medical Center; Chilton Memorial Hospital; Christ Hospital; Clara Maass Medical Center; Columbus Hospital; Community Memorial Hospital; Dover General Hospital & Medical Center; Elizabeth General Medical Center; Greenville Hospital; Hackettstown Community Hospital; Holy Name Hospital; Irvington General Hospital; Jersey Shore Medical Center; John F. Kennedy Medical Center; Kennedy Memorial Hospitals at Saddle Brook; Kimball Medical Center; Mercer Medical Center; Montclair Community (Hospital); Morristown Memorial Hospital; Newton Memorial Hospital; Overlook Hospital; Palisades General Hospital; Pascack Valley Hospital; Passaic Beth Israel Hospital; Rahway Hospital; Raritan Bay Medical Center/Perth Amboy Division; Riverview Medical Center; Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital; Southern Ocean County Hospital; St. Mary's Hospital (Passaic); St. Joseph's Hospital & Medical Center; St. Francis Medical Center; St. Elizabeth Hospital; St. Peter's Medical Center; The General Hospital Center at Passaic; Union Hospital; University Hospital; University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey; Valley Hospital; Wallkill Valley Hospital and Health Centers; Warren Hospital; Wayne General Hospital; Frances J. Dunston, in her capacity as New Jersey Commissioner of Health; New Jersey State Department of Health; New Jersey Hospital Rate Setting Commission. NEWCOMB MEDICAL CENTER v. Jennis CARPENTER; Alice Carpenter, his wife, jointly, severally and in the alternative Defendants/Third Party Plaintiffs, v. Frances J. DUNSTON; New Jersey State Department of Health; New Jersey Hospital Rate Setting Commission; Administrator of the New Jersey Health Care Trust Fund; New Jersey Department of Human Services, Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services Third Party Defendants. NEWCOMB MEDICAL CENTER v. Shana TRIPP; Charles Tripp, jointly, severally and in the alternative Defendants/Third Party Plaintiffs, v. NEW JERSEY STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; New Jersey Hospital Rate Setting Commission; Administrator of the New Jersey Health Care Trust Fund; New Jersey Department of Human Services, Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services; Frances J. Dunston, in her capacity as New Jersey Commissioner of Health, Third Party Defendants. NEWCOMB MEDICAL CENTER v. Fred KUEKEN, Defendant/Third Party Plaintiff, v. Frances J. DUNSTON; New Jersey State Department of Health; New Jersey Hospital Rate Setting Commission; Administrator of the New Jersey Health Care Trust Fund; New Jersey Department of Human Services, Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services, Third Party Defendants, New Jersey Hospital Association; Bayshore Community Hospital; Monmouth Medical Center; Pascack Valley Hospital; Riverview Medical Center; Kennedy Memorial Hospitals at Saddle Brook, Inc.; William B. Kessler Memorial Hospital; St. Francis Hospital; South Jersey Hospital System; Helene Fuld Medical Center; Newton Memorial Hospital; The Medical Center of Ocean County; Bayonne Hospital; Kennedy Memorial Hospitals-University Medical Center; South Amboy Memorial Hospital; Underwood Memorial Hospital; Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center; Englewood Hospital; Zurbrugg Memorial Hospital; St. Mary Hospital; Community Medical Center; Hunterdon Medical Center; St. Michael's Medical Center; The Mercer Medical Center; St. Peter's Medical Center; Jersey Shore Medical Center; Irvington General Hospital; John F. Kennedy Hospital; Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center; Overlook Hospital; Raritan Bay Medical Center; St. Elizabeth Hospital; Wayne General Hospital; Barnert Hospital; Atlantic City Medical Center; Dover General Hospital & Medical Center; Holy Name Hospital; The Hospital at Orange; St. Clare's/Riverside Medical Center; Clara Maas Medical Center; Deborah Heart & Lung Center; Rahway Hospital; West Jersey Health System; Hackensack Medical Center; Newark Beth-Israel Medical Center; St. James Hospital; St. Joseph's Hospital & Medical Center; Christ Hospital; Chilton Memorial Hospital; East Orange General Hospital; Columbus Hospital; Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center; Memorial Hospital of Burlington County Memorial Health Alliance; Medical Center at Princeton; St. Joseph's Hospital; Shore Memorial Hospital; Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital; Burdette Tomlin Memorial Hospital; Somerset Medical Center; Mountainside Hospital; Union Hospital; United Hospitals Medical Center at Passaic; and Morristown Memorial Hospital, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided May 14, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Del Tufo, Atty. Gen., Edward J. Dauber, Executive Asst. Atty. Gen., Benjamin Clarke (argued), Sr. Deputy Atty. Gen., Michael J. Haas, Todd A. Wigder, Deputys Atty. Gen., Trenton, NJ, for State appellants.

Frank R. Ciesla (argued), Elizabeth Dusaniwskyj, Girodano, Halleran & Ciesla, Middletown, NJ, for appellant New Jersey Hosp. Ass'n and the appellant Hospitals.

Harold Kreiger (argued), Sanford Browde, Kreiger & Browde, Jersey City, NY, for plaintiffs-appellees, Local 464A, United Food and Commercial Workers Union Group Reimbursement Welfare Plan, Frank Lacatena and Dolores Lacatena.

Albert G. Kroll, Verona, NJ, for New Jersey Carpenters Welfare Fund and Dist. Council of Ironworkers of Northern New Jersey Welfare Fund.

Donato Caruso (argued), C. Peter Lambos, Lambos & Giardino, Ernest L. Mathews, Jr., Kevin Marrinan, Law Offices of Thomas W. Gleason, New York, NY co-counsel to plaintiffs-appellees-cross-appellants NYSA-ILA Welfare Fund and Its Trustees.

Ronald E. Wiss (argued), Herbert New, Clifton, NJ, for appellee-cross-appellant Local 807 Labor-Management Health Fund.

David A. Schrader, Wolff & Samson, P.A., Roseland, NJ, for plaintiff-appellees United Wire, Metal & Mach. Health and Welfare Fund and Operating Engineers Local 825 Welfare Fund.

Thomas V. Jardine, Jardine & Pagano, Springfield, NJ, for District Council of Ironworkers of Northern New Jersey Welfare Fund, et al.

Before STAPLETON, SCIRICA, and NYGAARD, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

STAPLETON, Circuit Judge:

Appellees, several self-insured employee benefit plans and a number of individual participants in those plans ("the plans"), brought this action seeking an injunction against the application to them of New Jersey's then current statutory scheme for setting hospital rates. They also sought restitution of monies paid under protest pursuant to that statutory scheme. Appellees argue both that the New Jersey statute...

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