TABLE OF AUTHORITIES

• Jurisdiction: Arizona

TABLE OF AUTHORITIES

Abbott v. Banner Health Network, 236 Ariz. 436, 341 P.3d 478 (App. 2014), reversed on other grounds, ___ P.3d ___, 2016 WL 2955357 (Ariz. May 23, 2016)...................................................................................................16, 25-27, 50, 59, 60 .................................................................................................................82, 103, 109, 137, 151

AC Houston Lumber Co. Emp. Health Plan v. Berg, 407 Fed. Appx. 208 (9th Cir. 2010).................................................................................................................................154

Acosta v. Kiewit-Sundt, 234 Ariz. 75, 316 P.3d 1263 (App. 2014).........................................152

Aetna Life Ins. Co. v. Kobold, 135 S. Ct. 2886 (June 29, 2015)...............................................106

AHCCCS v. Bentley, 187 Ariz. 229, 928 P.2d 653 (App. 1996)................................34, 51, 53

AHCCCS v. Cochise Cty., 186 Ariz. 210, 920 P.2d 776 (App. 1996).....................................51

Aitken v. Indus. Comm'n of Arizona, 183 Ariz. 387, 904 P.2d 456 (1995)..................24, 25, 43

Allen v. United States, 668 F. Supp. 1242 (W.D. Wis. 1987)..................................................114

Allstate Ins. Co. v. Druke, 118 Ariz. 301, 576 P.2d 489 (1978)..........................11, 12, 91, 148

Allstate Ins. Co. v. Reitler, 628 P.2d 667 (Mont. 1981)................................................................4

Alvarado v. Young, 436 Fed. Appx. 746 (9th Cir. 2011).........................................................135

Alves v. Silverado Foods, Inc., 6 Fed. Appx. 694 (10th Cir. 2001).............................................84

Am. Med. Sec, Inc. v. Bartlett, 111 F.3d 358 (4th Cir. 1997).....................................................93

Andrews v. Samaritan Health Sys., 201 Ariz. 379, 36 P.3d 57 (App. 2001).............................25

Apollo Educ. Grp. Inc. v. Henry, No. CV-15-00143-PHX-DJH, 2015 WL 9257027 (D. Ariz. Dec. 17, 2015)..................................................................................85, 89

Aranki v. Burwell, No. 15-CV-00668-SMM, 2015 WL 9311661 (D. Ariz. Oct. 19, 2015)...........................................................................................................................71

Arizona Dep't of Admin. v. Cox, 222 Ariz. 270, 213 P.3d 707 (App. 2009).............28-32, 44, ..............................................................................................................................52, 53, 56, 135

Ark. Dept. of Health & Human Servs. v. Ahlborn, 547 U.S. 268 (2006)..........................55, 125

Assyia v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 229 Ariz. 216, 273 P.3d 668 (App. 2012)..........................................................................................................................................46

Aycock v. Scottsdale Healthcare Corp., No. 2:14-CV-01483-DLR (D. Ariz. Jun. 30, 2014).............................................................................................................................27, 82

Banner Health v. Med. Sav. Ins. Co., 216 Ariz. 146,163 P.3d 1096 (App. 2007)..........................................................................................................................................46

Barnes v. Alexander, 232 U.S. 117 (1914)...................................................................94, 134, 148

Barnes v. Indep. Auto. Dealers Ass'n, 64 F.3d 1389 (9th Cir. 1995).............................3, 30, 115

Barragan v. Superior Court, 12 Ariz. App. 402, 470 P.2d 722 (1970)...............66, 79, 100, 107

Bassiri v. Xerox Corp., 463 F.3d 927 (9th Cir. 2006).................................................................98

Bd. of Trustees of Nat. Elevator Indus. Health Ben. Plan v. Montanile, 593 Fed. Appx. 903 (11th Cir. 2014)...............................................................................88, 94, 95, 155

Bd. of Trustees v. Moore, 800 F.3d 214 (6th Cir. 2015)...............................................................88

Benoit v. Neustrom, No. 10-CV-1110, 2013 WL 1702120 (W.D. La. Apr. 17, 2013)..........................................................................................................................................71

Berenter v. Galinger, 173 Ariz. 75, 839 P.2d 1120 (App. 1992)................................................58

Berrey v. Plaintiff Inv. Funding, LLC, 96 F. Supp. 3d 936 (D. Ariz. 2015).................11, 15, 17

Best Fertilisers of Arizona, Inc. v. Burns, 116 Ariz. 492, 570 P.2d 179 (1977)..............2, 16, 45

Bilyeu v. Morgan Stanley Long Term Disability Plan, 683 F.3d 1083 (9th Cir. 2012)..........................................................................................................................................95

Blankenbaker v. Jonovich, 205 Ariz. 383, 71 P.3d 910 (2003).......................3, 4, 11, 13-16, 20, .........................................................................................................21, 23, 25-27, 45, 140, 152

Bohn v. Indus. Comm'n of Arizona, 196 Ariz. 424, 999 P.2d 180 (2000)............................40, 41

Bradley v. Sebelius, 621 F.3d 1330 (11th Cir. 2010)...........................................67, 80, 108, 116

Bragdon v. Abbott, 524 U.S. 624, 642 (1998)..............................................................................66

Bruno v. Gale, Wentworth & Dillon Realty, 852 A.2d 198 (N.J. App. 2004)..........................135

Campeau v. Social Sec. Admin., 575 Fed. Appx. 35 (3rd Cir. 2014).......................................121

Cariten Health Plan, Inc. v. Mid-Century Ins. Co., No. 3:14-CV-476-TAV-CCS, 2015 WL 5449221 (E.D. Tenn. Sept. 1, 2015)...................................................................76

Carroll v. QHG of Alabama, Inc., 9 F. Supp. 2d 1303 (M.D. Ala. 1998).....................102, 139

Carter v. Indus. Comm'n of Arizona, 182 Ariz. 128, 893 P.2d 1291 (1995)........................38, 39

Caterpillar v. Wilhelm, 824 F. Supp. 2d 828 (C.D. Ill. 2009).........................................101, 108

Cent. States, Se. & Sw. Areas Health & Welfare Fund v. Lewis, 745 F.3d 283 (7th Cir. 2014)........................................................................................................................154

Cetenko v. United California Bank, 30 Cal.3d 528, 638 P.2d 1299 (Cal. 1982).....................147

CGI Techs. & Sols. Inc. v. Rose, 683 F.3d 1113 (9th Cir. 2012), vacated by CGI Techs. & Sols., Inc. v. Rose, 133 S. Ct. 1995 (2013).............................................................154

Chevron, U.SA., Inc. v. Natural Res. Def. Council, Inc., 467 U.S. 837 (1984)...........................66

Christus Health Gulf Coast v. Aetna, Inc., 237 S.W.3d 338 (Tex. 2007)...................................83

CIGNA Corp. v. Amara, 131 S. Ct. 1866 (2011)...................................................85-87, 90, 96

City Consumer Servs., Inc. v. Metcalf 161 Ariz. 1, 775 P.2d 1065 (1989)....................................3

Cockerham v. Garvin, 768 F.2d 784 (6th Cir. 1985)........................................................114, 121

Collins v. Wellcare Healthcare Plans, Inc., 73 F. Supp. 3d 653 (E.D. La. 2014)..................76, 81

Com. of Pa., Dep't of Public Welfare v. U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Servs., 80 F.3d 796, 807 (3rd Cir. 1996)...............................................................................................121

Commercial Union Ins. Co. v. United States, 999 F.2d 581 (D.C. Cir. 1993)..................121, 145

Coons v. Lew, 762 F.3d 891 (9th Cir. 2014).............................................................................149

Coventry Health Care of Missouri, Inc. v. Nevils, 135 S. Ct. 2886 (Aug. 14, 2015)..................106

Covert v. Allen, 61 Ariz. 19, 143 P.2d 341 (1943)....................................................................135

Credit Managers Ass'n of S. Cal. v. Kennesaw life & Acc. Ins. Co., 25 F.3d 743 (9th Cir. 1994)..........................................................................................................................84

Crockett & Myers, Ltd. v. Napier, Fitzgerald & Kirby, LLP, 583 F.3d 1232 (9th Cir. 2009)........................................................................................................................135

Crye v. Edwards, 178 Ariz. 327, 873 P.2d 665 (App. 1993).....................................................48

Cty. of San Bernardino v. Calderon, 148 Cal. App. 4th 1103, 56 Cal. Rptr. 3d 333 (App. 2007).............................................................................................................141, 148

Cundiff v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 217 Ariz. 358, 174 P.3d 270 (2008)......................41

Darner Motor Saks, Inc. v. Universal Underwriters Ins. Co., 140 Ariz. 383, 682 P.2d 388 (1984)................................................................................................................. 10, 96

Delmastro & Eells v. Taco Bell Corp., 228 Ariz. 134, 263 P.3d 683 (App. 2011)........................................................................................................................................141

Denekas v. Shalala, 943 F. Supp. 1073 (S.D. Iowa 1996)...................................63, 66, 79, 107

Diamond Crystal Brands, Inc. v. Wallace, 531 F. Supp. 2d 1366 (N.D. Ga. 2008)........................................................................................................................................101

Dorr v. Sacred Heart Hasp., 597 N.W.2d 462 (Wis. 1999)..............................................3, 15, 45

Dugan v. Fujitsu Bus. Commc'ns Sys., Inc., 188 Ariz. 516, 937 P.2d 706 (App. 1997)........................................................................................................................................153

Dunn v. Indus. Comm'n of Arizona, 177 Ariz. 190, 866 P.2 858 (1994)...................................39

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