Allina Health System et al. v. Blue Cross Blue Shield Association et al.

Summary

This document is Conditional Transfer Order CTO-47 issued by the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation in In re: Blue Cross Blue Shield Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 2406. It conditionally transfers three tag-along actions, including Allina Health System et al. v. Blue Cross Blue Shield Association et al., to the Northern District of Alabama for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings before Judge R. David Proctor. The order provides for a seven-day stay before transmission to the district court if a notice of opposition is filed.

Holdings

1. Because the action involves questions of fact common to actions previously transferred to the Northern District of Alabama, the action should be conditionally transferred under 28 U.S.C. § 1407 to that court for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the Allina tag-along action should be transferred under 28 U.S.C. § 1407 for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings with the previously centralized Blue Cross Blue Shield antitrust actions.

Disposition

other