CIGNA HEALTHPLAN v. STATE OF LA.

No. 95-30481.

82 F.3d 642 (1996)

CIGNA HEALTHPLAN OF LOUISIANA, INC.; Connecticut General Life Insurance Co., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, ex rel. Richard P. IEYOUB, Attorney General, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 30, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert N. Eccles, Donald T. Bliss, Karen M. Wahle, O'Melveny & Myers, Washington, DC, Harry S. Hardin, III, Raymond J. Salassi, Jr., Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, LA, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Jane Bishop Johnson, Louisiana Department of Justice, Baton Rouge, LA, for defendant and defendant-appellant.

Gregory David Frost, Baton Rouge, LA, Larry M. Roedel, Roedel, Parsons, Hill & Koch, Baton Rouge, LA, for amicus curiae, Louisiana State Medical Society and La. Dental Assoc.

Robert J. Conrad, Jr., Patrick D. Seiter, Adams & Reese, New Orleans, LA, for La. State Med. Soc., amicus curiae.

Jan S. Amundson, National Association of Manufacturers, Washington, DC, Thomas Harry Kiggans, Phelps Dunbar, Baton Rouge, LA, Mark Snyderman, Paul Blankenstein, William J. Kilberg, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Washington, DC, Seth Jacobs, Vienna, VA, Stephen Ostrach, Boston, MA, for Nat'l Ass'n of Mfrs., LA Health Care Alliance, Aetna Life Ins. Co. and Metrahealth, amicus curiae.

David W. O'Brien, Joel L. Michaels, Thomas Anthony Guidoboni, Kathryn Wilber, Washington, DC, Michaels, Wishner & Bonner, Washington, DC, Alphonso O'Neil-White, Washington, DC, for Group Health Ass'n of America, Inc., amicus curiae.

James Michael Cutshaw, Phelps Dunbar, Baton Rouge, LA, for Louisiana Managed Healthcare Association, amicus curiae.

Before REYNALDO G. GARZA, WIENER and STEWART, Circuit Judges.


WIENER, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs-Appellees CIGNA Healthplan of Louisiana (CIGNA) and Connecticut General Life Insurance Company (CGLIC) filed suit against Defendant-Appellant the State of Louisiana, ex rel. Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General1 (Ieyoub), seeking inter alia (1) a declaratory judgment holding that Louisiana's Any Willing Provider statute2 is preempted by the Employee Retirement Income...

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