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AM. DRUG STORES, INC. v. HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE, INC.

Civil Action No. 96-10084-MEL.

973 F.Supp. 60 (1997)

AMERICAN DRUG STORES, INC., d/b/a Osco Drug Stores, Plaintiff, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Intervenor, v. HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE, INC. and Prudential Insurance Company of America, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

August 15, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Johnston, Brian E. Whiteley, James J. Nicklaus, Hale & Dorr, Howard Wayne, Anne Marie Anderson, Wayne, Richard, Hurwitz & McAloon, Boston, MA, for American Drug Stores, Inc., dba Osco Drug, Inc., Plaintiff.

John C. Kane, Theodore W. Ruger, Michelle Garvin, Ropes & Gray, Boston, MA, Daly D.E. Temchine, Epstein, Becker & Green, P.C., Washington, DC, Thomas I. Elkind, Epstein, Becker & Green, P.C., Boston, MA, for Defendants.

Loretta M. Smith, Attorney General's Office, Jamie W. Katz, Assistant Attorney General, Boston, MA, for Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Intervenor-Plaintiff.

John C. Kane, Theodore W. Ruger, Michelle Garvin, Ropes & Gray, Boston, MA, Daly D.E. Temchine, Epstein, Becker & Green, P.C., Washington, DC, Thomas I. Elkind, Epstein, Becker & Green, P.C., Boston, MA, for Intervenor-Defendant.

LASKER, District Judge.

This case raises the question whether the Massachusetts "Pharmacy Freedom of Choice — Any Willing Provider Act," Mass. Gen.Laws ch. 176D, § 3B, is preempted by the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461. Plaintiff American Drug Stores, Inc., d/b/a Osco Drug Stores ("Osco"), has brought this suit seeking to gain admission to the restricted pharmacy networks through which the defendants,...

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