New Hampshire-Vermont Physician Service v. Durkin

Petition for certiorari challenging the legality of an order issued May 14, 1973, by the defendant insurance commissioner ordering the plaintiff (Blue Shield) to decrease its rates not later than July 1, 1973, by the amount of seven hundred eighteen thousand six hundred ten dollars ($718,610), a decrease of 9 percent. The interlocutory issue before this court is the plaintiff’s motion to suspend the rate order effective July 1, 1973, pending a determination by this court of its legality.

Unlike most contested rate matters (RSA 541:1), there is no statutory provision for the suspension of a…