Legal Opinion

Insurance Rating Board v. Commissioner of Insurance

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided June 6, 1969PublishedCited by 68 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSpiegel, J.

These are proceedings brought by the Insurance Rating Board (board), the Mutual Insurance Rating Bureau (bureau) and several insurance companies to determine whether the Commissioner of Insurance (commissioner) had authority to “freeze” certain automobile insurance rates. One is a suit for declaratory relief. The other two proceedings are under G. L. c. 175, § 113B, and *186G. L. c. 175A, § 19. The proceedings were reserved and reported by the single justice without decision upon the pleadings and a statement of agreed facts.

The board and the bureau are associations of insurance companies. They…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Selectmen of Topsfield v. State Racing CommissionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
  2. Liddell v. Standard Accident InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
  3. Doherty v. Commissioner of InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1951
  4. Allen v. City of CambridgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
  5. Macheras v. SyrmopoulosMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946

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3Cited by68 opinions

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  3. Lantner v. CarsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
  4. School Committee of Springfield v. Board of EducationMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
  5. Commonwealth v. AngiuloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993

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