BEEMAN v. ANTHEM PRESCRIPTION MANAGEMENT, LLC

No. S203124.

58 Cal.4th 329 (2013)

165 Cal. Rptr. 3d 800

315 P.3d 71

JERRY BEEMAN et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. ANTHEM PRESCRIPTION MANAGEMENT, LLC, et al., Defendants and Appellants. JERRY BEEMAN et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. TDI MANAGED CARE SERVICES, INC., et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California.

December 19, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morrison & Foerster, Shirley M. Hufstedler and Benjamin J. Fox for Defendant and Appellant Argus Health Systems, Inc.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr. , Gail E. Lees , Christopher Chorba , Blaine H. Evanson ; Husch Blackwell , Thomas M. Dee and Christopher A. Smith for Defendant and Appellant Express Scripts, Inc.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Thomas M. Peterson , Molly Moriarty Lane and Richard S. Odom for Defendant and Appellant Anthem-Prescription Management, LLC.

Steptoe & Johnson, Martin D. Schneiderman and Jason Levin for Defendants and Appellants AdvancePCS, AdvancePCS Health L.P., PharmaCare Management Services, Inc., and TDI Managed Care Services, Inc.

Holland & Knight, Richard T. Williams and Tara L. Cooper for Defendants and Appellants PharmaCare and TDI Managed Care Services.

Heller Ehrman, Richard S. Goldstein , John M. Landry ; Orrick, Herrington Sutcliffe and Richard S. Goldstein for Defendant and Appellant Medco Health Solutions, Inc.

Troutman Sanders, C. LeeAnn McCurry ; Musick, Peeler & Garrett and Kent A. Halkett for Defendant and Appellant Benescript Services, Inc.

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, Thomas N. Makris and Brian D. Martin for Defendant and Appellant First Health Services Corp.

Roxborough, Pomerance & Nye, Roxborough, Pomerance, Nye & Adreani, Craig Pynes , Nicholas P. Roxborough and Marina N. Vitek for Defendant and Appellant National Medical Health Card Systems, Inc.

Snell & Wilmer and Sean M. Sherlock for Defendant and Appellant Restat, LLC.

Reed Smith, Kurt C. Peterson , Margaret M. Grignon , Kenneth N. Smersfelt , Judith E. Posner and Brett L. McClure for Defendant and Appellant Tmesys, Inc.

Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, David S. Alverson , Stephen J. O'Brien , Rachel M. Milazzo ; SNR Denton, Stephen J. O'Brien and Rachel M. Milazzo for Defendant and Appellant Cardinal Health MPB, Inc.

Hogan & Hartson, Hogan Loveils US and Neil R. O'Hanlon for Defendant and Appellant Mede America Corporation.

Dykema Gossett, J. Kevin Snyder and Vivian I. Kim for Defendant and Appellant Prime Therapeutics.

Kirtland & Packard and Robert A. Muhlbach for Defendant and Appellant RX Solutions, Inc.

McDermott, Will & Emery, Robert Mallory and Matthew Oster for Defendant and Appellant WHP Health Initiatives.

Deborah J. La Fetra and Lana Harfoush for Pacific Legal Foundation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

The Consumer Law Group, Alan M. Mansfield ; Peitzman Weg and Michael A. Bowse for Plaintiffs and Respondents.

Seth E. Mermin , Thomas Bennigson and Timothy Sun for Consumer Action, Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety, The Public Health Law Center, Inc., and Public Good Law Center as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Respondents.


OPINION

LIU, J.

We granted a request from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, sitting en banc, to address the following issue of state law pursuant to California Rules of Court, rule 8.548: Does Civil Code section 2527 compel speech in violation of article I, section 2 of the California Constitution?

Civil Code section 2527 requires prescription drug claims processors...

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