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· 8/6/2003

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Kansas, Inc. v. Praeger

Citations

  • 75 P.3d 226
  • 276 Kan. 232
  • 2003 Kan. LEXIS 481

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • applying five factors listed in the Kansas Insurance Companies Holding Act to deny Anthem’s® request to acquire Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas
  • approving agency’s interpretation of statute designed to protect public; court granted great deference and found that agency’s interpretation should be upheld because it had a rational basis
  • giving \great deference\ to Insurance Commissioner's statutory interpretation if it has a \rational basis\
  • giving “great deference” to Insurance Commissioner’s statutory interpretation if it has a “rational basis”
  • courts have duty to construe statutes in constitutional manner if it can be done
  • A statute must clearly violate the constitution before it may be struck down

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Judges: Bcbsks Engaged Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein

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