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CaseNo: GWLAICVK242117, CourtCode: SM, CourtName: SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, Plaintiff: GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE CO, State: DC Washington D.C., UniqueCaseRef: LCD>GWLAICVK242117, Plan, Health, Employee, Health Insurance, Blue Shield, United States, American Benefits Council, Blue Cross, Circuit, Amici Curiae, Health Care, Chamber, Washington, Reimbursement Provisions, Beneficiaries, Health Care Cost, Petitioners, Erisa, Plan Participants, Health Care Coverage, Administrators, York Avenue, Medical Expenses, Health Maintenance Organizations, Great-west Life, Annuity Insurance Company, Earth Systems, Dependents, Respondents , ContentID: 120248199

Case Documents
1   AMICUS BRIEF
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 120035
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1 . AMICUS BRIEF

EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
HEALTH
EMPLOYEE
HEALTH INSURANCE
BLUE SHIELD
COURT
UNITED STATES
AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
BLUE CROSS
CIRCUIT
AMICI CURIAE
HEALTH CARE
CHAMBER
WASHINGTON
REIMBURSEMENT PROVISIONS
BENEFICIARIES
HEALTH CARE COST
PETITIONERS
ERISA
PLAN PARTICIPANTS
HEALTH CARE COVERAGE
ADMINISTRATORS
YORK AVENUE
MEDICAL EXPENSES
HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS
GREAT-WEST LIFE
ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY
EARTH SYSTEMS
DEPENDENTS
RESPONDENTS
                             No. 99-1786

                                  IN THE
     Supreme Court of the United States

GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY,
EARTH SYSTEMS, INC. and THE HEALTH AND WELFARE
PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES & DEPENDENTS OF EARTH
SYSTEMS, INC.,
                                                           Petitioners,
                                     v.
          JANETTE KNUDSON and ERIC KNUDSON,

                 _______________________________ Respondents.
                  ON WRIT OF  CERTIORARI TO THE
   UNITED  STATES  COURT OF  APPEALS FOR THE  NINTH  CIRCUIT

MOTION OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF
HEALTH PLANS, THE AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL,
THE BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD ASSOCIATION, THE
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES,
AND THE HEALTH INSURANCE ASSOCIATION OF
AMERICA FOR LEAVE TO FILE A BRIEF AS  AMICI
CURIAE AND BRIEF OF  AMICI CURIAE IN SUPPORT
                       OF PETITIONERS

                                   STEPHANIE W. KANWIT
                                      Counsel of Record
                                   KATHLEEN A. PETERSON
                                   EPSTEIN BECKER & GREEN, P.C.
                                      1227 25th Street, N.W., Suite 700
                                      Washington, D.C. 20037
                                      (202) 861-0900

                    Attorneys for Amici Curiae
           (additional counsel listed on inside cover)

166883                        A
                       ((800) 274-3321 * (800) 359-6859



LOUIS  SACCOCCIO
AMERICAN  ASSOCIATION
OF HEALTH PLANS
 1129 20th Street, N.W.
 Suite 600
 Washington, D.C. 20036
 (202) 778-3210
SNIPPETS:
  • INC. and THE HEALTH AND WELFARE
  • ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
  • MOTION OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH PLANS, THE AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL, THE BLUE
  • Washington, D.C. 20036
  • 1212 New York Avenue, N.W. Suite 1250
  • ROGER G. WILSON BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD ASSOCIATION
  • JEFFREY GABARDI HEALTH INSURANCE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
  • Association of America respectfully move this Court to grant them leave to file a brief amici
  • Systems, Inc., and the Health and Welfare Benefit Plan for Employees and Dependents of Earth
  • Petitioners have consented to the filing of this brief, but Respondents have not.
  • Its membership includes health maintenance organizations, preferred provider organizations,
  • AAHP represents more than 1,000 health plans serving more than 140 million Americans, the
  • The Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies provide health care coverage to private and public
  • Amici are concerned by the Ninth Circuit's holding in the case below, which essentially
  • The Ninth Circuit's holding runs contrary to ERISA's mandate that a fiduciary administer an
  • Plan Participants and Beneficiaries
  • Health Care Cost Controls of Illinois, Inc. v. Washington, 187 F.3d 703 (7th Cir.
  • or the terms of the plan."3 In preventing an ERISA fiduciary from obtaining reimbursement out
  • In the case below, the Ninth Circuit essentially held that a beneficiary did not have to
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