Caremark, LLC v. Chickasaw Nation

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

CAREMARK, LLC; CAREMARK PHC, No. 21-16209

LLC; CAREMARKPCS HEALTH LLC;

CAREMARK RX, LLC; AETNA, INC.; D.C. No. AETNA HEALTH, INC., 2:21-cv-00574- Petitioners-Appellees, SPL

v.

OPINION

CHICKASAW NATION; CHICKASAW

NATION DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH;

ARDMORE HEALTH CLINIC;

CHICKASAW NATION MEDICAL

CENTER; PURCELL HEALTH CLINIC;

TISHOMINGO HEALTH CLINIC;

CHICKASAW NATION ONLINE

PHARMACY REFILL CENTER,

Respondents-Appellants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Steven Paul Logan, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted January 11, 2022 Pasadena, California Before: J. Clifford Wallace, Danny J. Boggs, * and Michelle T. Friedland, Circuit Judges.

Filed August 9, 2022

Opinion by Judge Friedland

SUMMARY **

Arbitration

The panel affirmed the district court’s order granting the petition of Caremark, LLC, and Caremark affiliates to compel arbitration of a dispute with the Chickasaw Nation and five pharmacies that the Nation owns and operates.

The Chickasaw Nation, a sovereign and federally recognized Indian…