Caremark, LLC v. Choctaw Nation

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

CAREMARK, LLC; CAREMARK No. 22-15543

PHC, LLC; CAREMARKPCS

HEALTH LLC; CAREMARK RX D.C. No. LLC; AETNA, INC.; AETNA 2:21-cv-01554-

HEALTH, INC., SMB

Plaintiffs-Appellees, v.

OPINION

CHOCTAW NATION; CHOCTAW

NATION HEALTH SERVICES

AUTHORITY; CHOCTAW HEALTH

CARE, TALIHINA, OK; CHOCTAW

NATION HEALTH CLINIC-RUBIN

WHITE, POTEAU; CHOCTAW

NATION HEALTH CLINIC-

MCALESTER; CHOCTAW NATION

HEALTH CLINIC-IDABEL;

CHOCTAW NATION HEALTH

CLINIC-STIGLER; CHOCTAW

NATION HEALTH CLINIC-HUGO;

CHOCTAW NATION HEALTH

CLINIC-ATOKA; CHOCTAW

NATION HEALTH CARE CENTER

DURANT PHARMACY; CHOCTAW

NATION ONLINE PHARMACY

REFILL CENTER,

Defendants-Appellants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Susan M. Brnovich, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted October 18, 2023 Phoenix, Arizona

Filed June 10, 2024

Before: Sandra S. Ikuta, Bridget S. Bade, and Daniel A. Bress, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Bade

SUMMARY*

Arbitration

The panel affirmed the district court’s order granting the petition of…