Prudential Ins. Co. of America v. Murphy

For a great many years, perforce the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in Paul v. State of Virginia, 8 Wall., 168, 75 U. S., 168, 19 L. Ed., 357, the transaction of the business of insurance across state lines was not interstate commerce and, therefore, was not subject to the control of Congress. 29 Am. Jur, Insurance, Sec. 35. This long standing status was upset by the result of the, recent case of United States v. Southeastern Underwriters Ass’n 322 U. S., 533, 64 S. Ct., 1162, 88 L. Ed., 1440. Overruling the earlier case, the latter held that when the insurance business…