MODA HEALTH PLAN, INC. v. U.S.

2017-1994, 2017-1224, 2017-2154, 2017-2395.

908 F.3d 738 (2018)

MODA HEALTH PLAN, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee v. UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellant. Land of Lincoln Mutual Health Insurance Company, an Illinois Non-profit Mutual Insurance Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant v. United States, Defendant-Appellee. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, Plaintiff-Appellant v. United States, Defendant-Appellee. Maine Community Health Options, Plaintiff-Appellant v. United States, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Date November 6, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

STEVEN ROSENBAUM , Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC, filed a petition for rehearing en banc for plaintiff-appellee in 2017-1994. Also represented by BRADLEY KEITH ERVIN ; CAROLINE BROWN , PHILIP PEISCH , Brown & Peisch PLLC, Washington, DC.

DANIEL P. ALBERS , Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Chicago, IL, filed a petition for rehearing en banc for plaintiff-appellant in 2017-1224. Also represented by SCOTT E. PICKENS , Washington, DC; JONATHAN MASSEY , Massey & Gail LLP, Washington, DC.

LAWRENCE SHER , Reed Smith LLP, Washington, DC, filed a combined petition for panel rehearing and rehearing en banc for plaintiff-appellant in 2017-2154. Also represented by KYLE RICHARD BAHR , JAMES CHRISTOPHER MARTIN, CONOR MICHAEL SHAFFER , COLIN E. WRABLEY , Pittsburgh, PA.

STEPHEN JOHN McBRADY , Crowell & Moring, LLP, Washington, DC, filed a petition for rehearing en banc for plaintiff-appellant in 2017-2395. Also represented by CLIFTON S. ELGARTEN , SKYE MATHIESON , DANIEL WILLIAM WOLFF .

ALISA BETH KLEIN , Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, filed a response to the petitions for defendant-appellee in 2017-1224, 2017-2154, 2017-2395 and defendant-appellant in 2017-1994. Also represented by JOSEPH H. HUNT , MARK B. STERN , CARLEEN MARY ZUBRZYCKI .

WILLIAM LEWIS ROBERTS , Faegre Baker Daniels LLP, Minneapolis, MN, for amici curiae Association for Community Affiliated Plans, Alliance of Community Health Plans in 2017-1994. Also represented by JONATHAN WILLIAM DETTMANN , NICHOLAS JAMES NELSON .

STEVEN ALLEN NEELEY, JR. , Husch Blackwell LLP, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae National Association of Insurance Commissioners in 2017-1994. Also represented by KIRSTEN A. BYRD , Kansas City, MO.

URSULA TAYLOR , Strategic Health Law, Chapel Hill, NC, for amicus curiae Blue Cross Blue Shield Association in 2017-1994. Also represented by SANDRA J. DURKIN , Butler Rubin Saltarelli & Boyd LLP, Chicago, IL.

BENJAMIN N. GUTMAN , Oregon Department of Justice, Salem, OR, for amici curiae State of Oregon, State of Alaska, State of California, State of Connecticut, State of Delaware, State of Hawaii, State of Kentucky, State of Maryland, State of Massachusetts, State of Minnesota, State of New Mexico, State of North Carolina, State of Pennsylvania, State of Rhode Island, State of Vermont, State of Washington, State of Wyoming, District of Columbia in 2017-1994. Also represented BY ELLEN F. ROSENBLUM . State of Oregon also represented by PEENESH SHAH .

LESLIE BERGER KIERNAN , Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae America's Health Insurance Plans in 2017-1994, 2017-1224. Also represented by ROBERT K. HUFFMAN , PRATIK A. SHAH ; RUTHANNE MARY DEUTSCH , HYLAND HUNT , Deutsch Hunt PLLC, Washington, DC; RALPH C. NASH , George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC.

STEPHEN A. SWEDLOW , Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Chicago, IL, for amici curiae Health Republic Insurance Company, Common Ground Healthcare Cooperative, Kate Bundorf, Scott Harrington, Mark Pauly, Michael Chernew, Thomas McGuire, Leemore Dafny, Kosali Simon in 2017-1224. Amicus curiae Health Republic Insurance Company also represented by J. D. HORTON , ADAM WOLFSON , Los Angeles, CA.

Wallach, Circuit Judge, with whom Newman, Circuit Judge, joins, dissents from the denial of the petitions for rehearing en banc.


ORDER

Appellee Moda Health Plan, Inc. and appellants Land of Lincoln Mutual Health Insurance Company and Maine Community Health Options each filed petitions for rehearing en banc. Appellant Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina filed a petition for panel rehearing and rehearing...

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