DOE v. BLUECROSS BLUESHIELD OF TENNESSEE, INC.

No. 18-5897.

926 F.3d 235 (2019)

John DOE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BLUECROSS BLUESHIELD OF TENNESSEE, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: June 4, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Jerry Flanagan , CONSUMER WATCHDOG, Los Angeles, California, for Appellant. Todd Kim , REED SMITH LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Jerry Flanagan , CONSUMER WATCHDOG, Los Angeles, California, Edith M. Kallas , WHATLEY KALLAS, LLP, New York, New York, Alan M. Mansfield , WHATLEY KALLAS, LLP, San Diego, California, Jerry Martin , Seth M. Hyatt , BARRETT JOHNSTON MARTIN & GARRISON, LLC, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellant. Todd Kim , REED SMITH LLP, Washington, D.C., Bryan M. Webster , Abraham Judson Souza , REED SMITH LLP, Chicago, Illinois, for Appellee.

Before: GUY, SUTTON, and NALBANDIAN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Treating similarly situated people differently goes to the heart of invidious discrimination. But treating differently situated people differently usually counts as equal justice under law. Today's case involves the second scenario in the context of an application of the antidiscrimination provisions of the...

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