Legal Opinion

La Tourette v. McMaster

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided January 27, 1919No. 114PublishedCited by 92 opinions

ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OE THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. The case is stated in the opinion. They contended that under the provisions guaranteeing the privileges and immunities of citizens, contained in § 2, Art. IY, of the Constitution, the Fourteenth Amendment, and § 5, Art. I, of the constitution of South Carolina, the statute in question was void. The following authorities were cited. Commonwealth v. Milton, 51 Kentucky, 212, 219; Corfield v. Coryell, 4 Wash.

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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OE THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. The case is stated in the opinion. They contended that under the provisions guaranteeing the privileges and immunities of citizens, contained in § 2, Art. IY, of the Constitution, the Fourteenth Amendment, and § 5, Art. I, of the constitution of South Carolina, the statute in question was void. The following authorities were cited. Commonwealth v. Milton, 51 Kentucky, 212, 219; Corfield v. Coryell, 4 Wash. C. C. 380; SlaughterHouse Cases, 16 Wall. 36, 97; Butchers’ Union Co. Crescent City Co., Ill U. S. 746, 757; Ward v. Mary lav . 12…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna

An act of South Carolina approved March 2, 1916, entitled “An act to provide for the licensing of insurance brokers,” defines in its first section an insurance broker “to be such person as shall be licensed by the Insurance Commissioner to represent citizens” of the State “for the placing of insurance in insurers” in the “State or in any other State or country.” And it is provided in § 2 of the act, among other conditions, that only such persons may. be licensed as are residents of the State and have been licensed insurance agents of the State for at least two years.

La Tourette offered to…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Butchers' Benevolent Ass'n v. Crescent City Live-Stock Landing & Slaughter-House Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1873
  2. Hooper v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  3. German Alliance Insurance v. LewisSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
  4. Rast v. Van Deman & Lewis Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1916
  5. Butchers' Union Slaughter-House & Live-Stock Landing Co. v. Crescent City Live-Stock Landing & Slaughter-House Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1884

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