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Use the official docket link for later case activity."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 10, lines 28-30","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2016/16-149_bodg.pdf","page_label":"file page 10, lines 28-30"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 10, lines 34-36","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2016/16-149_bodg.pdf","page_label":"file page 10, lines 34-36"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 10, lines 42-44","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2016/16-149_bodg.pdf","page_label":"file page 10, lines 42-44"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 11, lines 22-30","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2016/16-149_bodg.pdf","page_label":"file page 11, lines 22-30"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 12, lines 40-48","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2016/16-149_bodg.pdf","page_label":"file page 12, lines 40-48"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 13, lines 14-14","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2016/16-149_bodg.pdf","page_label":"file page 13, lines 14-14"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 13, lines 32-50","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2016/16-149_bodg.pdf","page_label":"file page 13, lines 32-50"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 14, lines 14-20","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2016/16-149_bodg.pdf","page_label":"file page 14, lines 14-20"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 8-18","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2016/16-149_bodg.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 8-18"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 50-4","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2016/16-149_bodg.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 50-4"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 6, lines 20-28","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2016/16-149_bodg.pdf","page_label":"file page 6, lines 20-28"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 8, lines 20-46","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2016/16-149_bodg.pdf","page_label":"file page 8, lines 20-46"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 9, lines 50-12","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2016/16-149_bodg.pdf","page_label":"file page 9, lines 50-12"}]}],"slug":"2016-16-149-coventry-health-care-of-mo-v-nevils","term":"2016","title":"Does federal law block state bans on insurance subrogation?","title_sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 17, lines 48-6","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2016/16-149_bodg.pdf","page_label":"file page 17, lines 48-6"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 23, lines 16-1","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2016/16-149_bodg.pdf","page_label":"file page 23, lines 16-1"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 20-48","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2016/16-149_bodg.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 20-48"}],"topics":[],"undated_disposition_date_fallback":null,"updated_at":"2026-09-05T03:22:24Z"}