Read Christus Health Gulft Coast v. Aetna, Inc., 05-0710

A Texas court has jurisdiction over certain state-law claims asserted by hospitals against a Medicare health maintenance organization.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/06/2006
• Decided 08/31/2007
• Published 08/31/2007

Judges

• Chief Justice JEFFERSON delivered the opinion of the Court.

Court

• Supreme Court of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Scott M. Clearman, Brian D. Walsh, McClanahan & Clearman, L.L.P., David E. Warden and Eric P. Chenoweth, Yetter & Warden, L.L.P., Houston, for Petitioners., John Barrett Scott, Scott Yung LLP, Dallas, for Texas Gulf Coast HMO, Inc., Charles W. Bailey, Austin, for amicus curiae Texas Hospital Association., Isaac J. Lidsky, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Daniel Manuel Castillo, Asst. U.S. Atty., Austin, for amicus curiae United States Department of Health and Human Services.


• For Appellees:
  
• John B. Shely, Dimitri Zgourides, Jeffrey D. Migit and Kendall M. Gray, Andrews & Kurth L.L.P., Houston, for Respondents.