HAMMER v. U.S. DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

No. 18-2523.

905 F.3d 517 (2018)

Jennifer HAMMER, Director of the Illinois Department of Insurance and Liquidator of Land of Lincoln Mutual Health Insurance Company, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 25, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard A. Gail , Attorney, Gail A. Niemann , Attorney, MASSEY & GAIL LLP, Chicago, IL, Jonathan Massey , Attorney, MASSEY & GAIL LLP, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Lindsey Powell , DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Rovner, Hamilton, and St. Eve, Circuit Judges.


The Department of Health and Human Services owed millions of dollars to the now-defunct Land of Lincoln Mutual Health Insurance Company. Likewise, Land of Lincoln owed millions to HHS. As part of its regulatory oversight, HHS has elected to set off its own debt payments by first paying down Land of Lincoln's debt. The Director...

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