Legal Opinion
Gerling Global Reinsurance Corp. of America v. Low
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 15, 2002No. Nos. 01-17023, 01-17433, 02-15282PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRABER, Circuit Judge.
This case comes before us for the second time. Plaintiffs, which are various insurance companies and a trade association of insurance companies, brought the present action to enjoin Defendant Harry W. Low, the Insurance Commissioner of the State of California (Commissioner), from enforcing a California statute requiring disclosure of information about Holocaust-era insurance policies. The district court permanently enjoined enforcement of the statute. The main question for decision is this: May California constitutionally require the disclosure of insurance…
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3Cited by5 opinions
- GERLING GLOBAL REINSURANCE CORP. OF AMERICA GERLING GLOBAL REINSURANCE CORP. — U.S. BRANCH GERLING GLOBAL LIFE REINSURANCE COMPANY GERLING GLOBAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY GERLING AMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY AND CONSTITUTION INSURANCE CORP., PLAINTIFFS-APPELLEES-CROSS-APPELLANTS-PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS v. HARRY W. LOW, IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT-CROSS-APPELLEE-DEFENDANT-APPELLEE. ASSICURAZIONI GENERALI, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE-CROSS-APPELLANT-PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT v. HARRY W. LOW, INDIVIDUALLY, AND IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT-CROSS-APPELLEE-DEFENDANT-APPELLEE. WINTERTHUR INTERNATIONAL AMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY, WINTERTHUR INTERNATIONAL AMERICA UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL CASUALTY COMPANY OF WISCONSIN, REGENT INSURANCE COMPANY REPUBLIC INSURANCE COMPANY SOUTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY, UNIGARD INDEMNITY COMPANY UNIGARD INSURANCE COMPANY AND BLUE RIDGE INSURANCE COMPANY, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLEES-CROSS-APPELLANTS-PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS v. HARRY W. LOW, IN HIS CAPACITY AS INSURANCE COMMISSIONER FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT-CROSS-APPELLEE-DEFENDANT-APPELLEE. AMERICAN INSURANCE ASSOCIATION AND AMERICAN RE-INSURANCE COMPANY, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLEES-CROSS-APPELLANTS-PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS v. HARRY W. LOW, IN HIS CAPACITY AS INSURANCE COMMISSIONER FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT-CROSS-APPELLEE-DEFENDANT-APPELLEECourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
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