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CIGNA HEALTHCARE OF ST. LOUIS, INC. v. KAISER

No. 02-1278.

294 F.3d 849 (2002)

CIGNA HEALTHCARE OF ST. LOUIS, INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Timothy N. KAISER, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

DECIDED June 21, 2002.

As amended July 31, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian D. Boyle (argued), O'Melveny & Myers, Washington, DC, Joseph J. Duffy, Stetler & Duffy, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellants.

Judy L. Cates, Carr, Korein, Tillery, Kunin, Montroy, Cates, Katz & Glass, Debra Brewer Hayes (argued), Reich & Binstock, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellee.

Anthony J. Ashley, Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz, Chicago, IL, for Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation, Inc.

Vincent J. Connelly, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Chicago, IL, for Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Corp.

Edwin E. Brooks, Katten, Muchin & Zavis, Chicago, IL, for Edward Hospital.

Before BAUER, POSNER, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal from the dismissal of a suit seeking an order to arbitrate requires us to consider the intersection of class actions, arbitration, and Colorado River (parallel-proceeding) abstention. Underlying the appeal is a dispute between a group of affiliated corporations (CIGNA for short) and 288,000 (!) physicians, hospitals, and other providers of health care with which CIGNA, an administrator of employee health-benefits plans, has...

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