PA. CHIROPRACTIC v. BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD

Case No. 09 C 5619.

713 F.Supp.2d 734 (2010)

PENNSYLVANIA CHIROPRACTIC ASSOCIATION, New York Chiropractic Council, Association of New Jersey Chiropractors, Florida Chiropractic Association and California Chiropractic Association, on their own behalf and in a representational capacity on behalf of their members, and Gregory T. Kuhlman, D.C., Jay Korsen, D.C., Ian Barlow, Kendall Gearhart, D.C., Jeffrey P. Leri, D.C., Michelle M. Askar, D.C., Mark Barnard, D.C., Barry A. Wahner, D.C., Anthony Fava, D.C., David R. Barber, D.C., Ryan S. Ford, D.C., Larry Miggins, D.C., Casey Paulsen, D.C., Dean Renneke, D.C., Andrew Reno, D.C., Peri L. Dwyer, D.C., Ronald L. Young, D.C., and Eric Thompson, D.C., on their own behalf and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD ASSOCIATION, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Rhode Island, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama, Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Blue Shield of California, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia, Health Care Services Corporation, Independence Blue Cross, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas, Carefirst, Inc., Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey, Excellus Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, Highmark, Inc., Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Carolina, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Tennessee, Premera Blue Cross, the Regence Group, Wellmark, Inc., and WellPoint, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

May 17, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher M. Burke , Scott + Scott, San Diego, CA, D. Brian Hufford , Robert J. Axelrod , Susan Jessica Weiswasser , Pomerantz Haudek Grossman & Gross LLP, Joseph P. Guglielmo , Scott + Scott LLP, New York, NY, David W. Stanley , Cuneo, Waldman & Gilbert, LLP, Washington, DC, John William Leardi , Paul Donald Werner, Buttaci & Leardi, LLC, Vincent N. Buttaci , Taylor, Colicchio & Silverman, LLP, Princeton, NJ, Kimberly A. Driggers , Brooks, Leboeuf, Bennett, Foster & Gwartney, P.A., Tallahassee, FL, Leigh Robbin Handelman , Patrick Vincent Dahlstrom , Pomerantz Haudek Block Grossman & Gross LLP, Chicago, IL, Patrick J. Sheehan , Whatley Drake & Kallas, LLC, Boston, MA, for Plaintiffs.

John J. Hamill, Jr. , Kevin Case , Casey T. Grabenstein , Jenner & Block LLP, Bryan Matthew Webster , Christopher MacNeil Murphy , Elizabeth Brooke Herrington , Michael A. Pope , McDermott, Will & Emery LLP, Michael M. Conway , Martin J. Bishop , Rebecca R. Hanson , Foley & Lardner, Mark E. Schmidtke , Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., Charles S. Bergen , Laura K. McNally , Grippo & Elden, Helen E. Witt , Eric Tomas Gortner , Stacey Garbis Pagonis , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Joel Reid Skinner , Health Care Service Corporation, David J. Stetler , Jonathan M. Cyrluk , Mariah E. Moran , Jonathan M. Cyrluk , Stetler & Duffy, Ltd. Charles Clark Jackson , Charis A. Runnels , Kirsten Ann Milton , Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP, Michael P. Padden , Howrey, LLP, Michael Lee McCluggage , Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, LLP, Chicago, IL, Eric P. Mathisen , Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., Valparaiso, IN, Jacqueline M. Saue , Foley & Lardner, LLP, Washington, DC, Carol Hu , Gregory N. Pimstone , Joanna Sobol McCallum , John T. Fogarty , Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Charles Len Sweeris , Law Department, Blue Shield Of California, San Francisco, CA, Michael J. Tuteur , Foley & Lardner LLP, Boston, MA, Steven E. Siff , McDermott, Will & Emery LLP, Miami, FL, John E. Thies , Webber & Thies, Urbana, IL, Emily M. Yinger , Nathaniel Thomas Connally , Michael Matthew Smith , Hogan Lovells US LLP, McLean, VA, Jay H. Calvert, Jr. , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Gwendolyn C. Payton , Lane Powell PC, Seattle, WA, Joseph A. Fink , Dickinson Wright PLLC, Lansing, MI, Patrick B. Green , Dickinson Wright PLLC, Detroit, MI, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

MATTHEW F. KENNELLY, District Judge:

The plaintiffs in this case are chiropractic physicians who have provided services to members of health care plans insured or administered by the defendants, and professional associations whose members are chiropractic physicians. The defendants are Blue Cross and Blue Shield of America (BCBSA) and individual Blue Cross and Blue Shield entities (BCBS entities). BCBSA is a national umbrella...

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