Bernard B. v. Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Greater New York

679 F.2d 7, 1982 U.S. App. LEXIS 19140

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• Decided: May 18, 1982
• Docket: 908
• Status: Published

Opinion

679 F.2d 7

BERNARD B. and Shirley B., individually and on behalf of all
others similarly situated, Appellants,
v.
BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF GREATER NEW YORK; Albert
Lewis, individually and as Superintendent of the
New York Insurance Department; New York
City Health and Hospitals
Corporation, Appellees.

No. 908, Docket 81-7791.

United States Court of Appeals,
Second Circuit.

Argued March 24, 1982.
Decided May 18, 1982.

Minna J. Kotkin, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, Inc., New York City, for appellants.

Robert A. Bicks, Breed, Abbott & Morgan, New York City (Victoria A. Cundiff, Rosemary A. Moukad and John L. Shurtleff, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Greater New York, New York City, of counsel), for appellee Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Greater New York.

June A. Witterschein, New York City (Frederick A. O. Schwartz, Jr., Corp. Counsel, Stephen J. McGrath, New York City, of counsel), for appellee New York City Health and Hospitals Corp.

Donald Sticklor, Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City (Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen. of the State of New York, George D. Zuckerman, Asst. Sol. Gen., New York City, of counsel), for appellee Lewis.

Before LUMBARD and OAKES, Circuit Judges, and FRIEDMAN, Chief Judge, United States Court of Claims.*

PER CURIAM:

The judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District Court of New York is affirmed on the opinion of Judge Sand below, 528 F.Supp. 125 (S.D.N.Y.1981).

* Sitting by designation