Legal Opinion
Allstate Insurance Company v. Michael Sabbagh
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 1, 1979No. 79-1197PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Chief Judge.
The only issue presented on appeal is whether the district court acted within its discretion in dismissing this action, which challenges Massachusetts automobile insurance rates, on the basis of the abstention doctrine that has grown out of Burford v. Sun Oil Co., 319 U.S. 315, 63 S.Ct. 1098, 87 L.Ed. 1424 (1943), and Alabama Public Service Comm’n v. Southern Ry. Co., 341 U.S. 341, 71 S.Ct. 762, 95 L.Ed. 1002 (1951). We hold that it did.
Under applicable Massachusetts law insurance companies normally may set their own automobile insurance rates, but they must submit those…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Pullman Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Burford v. Sun Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- England v. Louisiana State Board of Medical ExaminersSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Zablocki v. RedhailSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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3Cited by45 opinions
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