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CAREMARK, LLC v. CHICKASAW NATION

No. 21-16209.

43 F.4th 1021 (2022)

CAREMARK, LLC; Caremark PHC, LLC; CaremarkPCS Health LLC; Caremark Rx, LLC; Aetna, Inc.; Aetna Health, Inc., Petitioners-Appellees, v. CHICKASAW NATION; Chickasaw Nation Department of Health; Ardmore Health Clinic; Chickasaw Nation Medical Center; Purcell Health Clinic; Tishomingo Health Clinic; Chickasaw Nation Online Pharmacy Refill Center, Respondents-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 9, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan Massey (argued) and Matthew M. Collette , Massey & Gail LLP, Washington, D.C.; Michael Burrage , Patricia A. Sawyer , and Reggie N. Whitten , Whitten Burrage , Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Michael B. Angelovich , Chad E. Ihrig , Bradley W. Beskin , and Nicholas W. Shodrok , Nix Patterson LLP, Austin, Texas; for Respondents-Appellants.

Sarah M. Harris (argued), Kimberly Broecker , and Helen E. White , Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, D.C.; Jon T. Neumann , Greenberg Traurig LLP, Phoenix, Arizona; Peter J. Kocoras , Thompson Hine LLP, Chicago, Illinois; Brian Steinwascher , Thompson Hine LLP, New York, New York; for Petitioners-Appellees.

John M. Masslon II and Cory L. Andrews , Washington Legal Foundation, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae Washington Legal Foundation.

Mark Emery , Jonathan S. Franklin , and Peter B. Siegal , Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, Washington, D.C.; Tara S. Morrissey and Jennifer B. Dickey , U.S. Chamber Litigation Center, Washington, D.C.; for Amicus Curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America.

Before: J. Clifford Wallace, Danny J. Boggs, and Michelle T. Friedland, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

The Chickasaw Nation and five pharmacies that it owns and operates (collectively, "the Nation") appeal from a district court's order compelling arbitration of the Nation's dispute with Caremark and Caremark affiliates (collectively, "Caremark"). The district court explained that, in light

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