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· 3/8/1999

Vencor Hospitals v. Blue Cross Blue Shield

Citations

  • 169 F.3d 677
  • 1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 3609

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating that “[t]his determination, however, requires an analysis of legislative intent that is best undertaken in the first instance by the district court.”
  • An appellate court may consider issue argued below although not relied upon by district court in deciding a case.
  • “A party has a cause of action as a third-party beneficiary to a contract if the contracting parties express an intent primarily and directly to benefit that third party.”

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Judges: Tjoflat, Birch, Roney

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