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CONNECTICUT v. HEALTH NET, INC.

No. 03-16287.

383 F.3d 1258 (2004)

State of CONNECTICUT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HEALTH NET, INC., f.k.a. Foundation Health, Health Net of Connecticut, Inc., f.k.a. Physicians Health Services of Connecticut, Inc., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 10, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles C. Hulin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Hartford, CT, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Edward M. Crane, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Chicago, IL, Catherine E. Stetson, Craig A. Hoover, Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P., David A. Bono, Harkins Cunningham, Washington, DC, Robert J. Giuffra, Jr., Sullivan & Cromwell, New York City, Joe R. Whatley, Jr., Whatley Drake, L.L.C., Birmingham, AL, John G. Harkins, Jr., Eleanor Morris Illoway, Marianne Consentino, Harkins Cunningham, William Helvestine, Michael T. Horan, Jamie Platto, Epstein Becker & Green, P.C., San Francisco, CA, Daly D.E. Temchine, Epstein Becker & Green, P.C., Washington, DC, Joseph F. Hession, Hunton & Williams, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before ANDERSON and BIRCH, Circuit Judges, and LAND, District Judge.

LAND, District Judge:

This appeal presents an issue of first impression in this Circuit: whether a state, after obtaining assignments from some of its citizens for claims that those citizens have under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461 (ERISA), has standing to assert those claims on behalf of its citizens in federal court. We conclude that Appellant, the State of Connecticut ("Connecticut"), in its capacity as assignee...

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