KLAY v. UNITED HEALTHGROUP, INC.

No. 02-16640.

376 F.3d 1092 (2004)

Leonard J. KLAY, M.D., Price Plaintiffs, Price, Sessa, Katz, & Yingling, Sandra Johnson, Patricia Freyre, Regina Joi Price, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. UNITED HEALTHGROUP, INC., United Healthcare, Pacificare Health Systems, Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 30, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Soto, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP, Eduardo Palmer, Steel Hector & Davis, LLP, Michael Nachwalter, Robert D.W. Landon, III, Kenny, Nachwalter, Seymour, Arnold & Critchlow, P.A., Miami, FL, Christopher R.J. Pace, William E. Grauer, Cooley Godward, LLP, San Diego, CA, Gregory S. Coleman, Austin, TX, for Defendants-Appellants.

Janet L. Humphreys, Harley S. Tropin, Kozyak, Tropin, Throckmorton & Humphreys, P.A., James B. Tilghman, Jr., Stewart, Tilghman, Fox & Bianchi, P.A., Miami, FL, Joe R. Whatley, Jr., Charlene P. Ford, Othni J. Lathram, Whatley Drake, L.L.C., Birmingham, AL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Before TJOFLAT, BIRCH and GOODWIN, Circuit Judges.


TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

In this putative class action,1 physicians are suing many of this country's largest HMOs, alleging that these organizations conspired to systematically underpay them for their medical services. The defendant HMOs immediately moved the district court to stay the proceedings and compel the named plaintiffs to arbitrate their claims. The court held that certain claims were...

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