· 12/21/2001
Highmark, Incorporated v. Upmc Health Plan, Incorporated
Citations
- 276 F.3d 160
- 68 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1823
- 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 27010
- 2001 WL 1641243
How courts have described this case
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- stating “on an application for preliminary injunction, the plaintiff need only prove a prima facie case, not a certainty that he or she will win”
- stating “on an application for preliminary injunction, the plaintiff need only prove a prima facie case, not a certainty that he or she will win”
- “The Ad dealt with the scope and services offered by the insurers to their subscribers and thus concerned the ‘business of insurance.’”
- “The equitable doctrine of unclean hands applies when a party seeking relief has committed an unconscionable act immediately related to the equity the party seeks in respect to the litigation.”
- defense of unclean hands was not barred because the plaintiff ran an offending advertisement two years before the defendant’s advertisement, but because a nexus between the plaintiffs advertising and the defendant’s wrong was lacking
- upholding injunction ordering health insurer to publish corrective advertisement
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Judges: Alito, Barry, Rosenn
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