U.S. Court of Appeals / Ninth Circuit

Fossen v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Montana, Inc.

Decided October 18, 2011. Mary Murphy Schroeder wrote the opinion for the court.

660 F.3d 1102 · Cited 69 times

Official text

We don’t host opinion text or publish a summary of this ruling — read the official public-domain text for the court’s holding and reasoning, and verify against the primary source.

Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Kentucky Assn. of Health Plans, Inc. v. Miller · 538 U.S. 329
Marin General Hospital v. Modesto & Empire Traction Co. · 581 F.3d 941
Skidmore v. Swift & Co. · 323 U.S. 134
Unum Life Insurance Co. of America v. Ward · 526 U.S. 358
State v. Tower · 881 P.2d 1317
McCarter v. GLACIER GENERAL ASSURANCE COMPANY · 546 P.2d 249

Cited by

Later opinions in our collection that cite this decision.

Mark Ibsen, Inc. v. Caring for Montanans, Inc. · 2016 MT 111
Skillin v. Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego · 226 Cal. Rptr. 3d 505

Explore from here

Mary Murphy Schroeder’s Judicial Record · Ninth Circuit · How we source opinions

Source: opinion metadata, authorship, and citation counts from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data (public domain). Data last verified 2026-07-09. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).