# Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Alabama v. Brown

> Supreme Court of the United States · January 7, 1991 · 498 U.S. 1040

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9099038

## Case

- **Full name:** Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Alabama v. Brown
- **Court:** Supreme Court of the United States
- **Decided:** January 7, 1991
- **Citations:** 498 U.S. 1040; 59 U.S.L.W. 3462; 13 Employee Benefits Cas. (BNA) 1288; 111 S. Ct. 712; 112 L. Ed. 2d 701; 1991 U.S. LEXIS 115
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Cited by:** 152 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- No negative treatment found by the automated citator. That is not the same as a confirmation that the case is good law; read the citing cases.
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9099038

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- finding conflict of interest where Blue Cross, acting as administrator of an ERISA Plan, provided insurance coverage to the employer; paid all claims out of its own assets and suffered the losses; and made all eligibility determinations

## Opinion text

C. A. 11th Cir. Motion of American Council of Life Insurance et al. for leave to file a brief as amici curiae granted. Certiorari denied.

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