Alabama Insurance Department v. Shaw

ROBERTSON, Presiding Judge.

Following the conviction of Charles Saxon Shaw of two counts of interfering with interstate commerce by extortion in federal court, the Alabama Commissioner of Insurance (Commissioner) suspended Shaw’s insurance agent’s license after an administrative hearing. Shaw appealed the Commissioner’s decision to the Mobile County Circuit Court, which reversed the Commissioner’s action. The trial court’s order also provided that the Commissioner’s order of suspension would remain vacated pending the outcome of Shaw’s appeal in federal court.

The Commissioner appeals from the…