Legal Opinion

Osborn v. Ozlin

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided April 22, 1940No. 592PublishedCited by 159 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Frankfurter

Appellants have challenged the validity of a Virginia statute regulating the insurance of Virginia risks and have brought this suit to enjoin state officers from enforcing *59it. Its relevant provisions, copied in the margin,1 forbid contracts of insurance or surety by companies authorized to do business within that Commonwealth “except through regularly constituted and registered resident agents or agencies of such companies.” § 4222, e. 218, Acts of 1938. Such resident agents “shall be entitled to and shall receive the usual and customary commissions allowed on such contracts,” and may not…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Allgeyer v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
  2. Noble State Bank v. HaskellSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
  3. German Alliance Insurance v. LewisSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
  4. Alaska Packers Assn. v. Industrial Accident Comm'n of Cal.Supreme Court of the United States · 1935
  5. Home Insurance v. DickSupreme Court of the United States · 1930

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3Cited by159 opinions

  1. Travelers Health Assn. v. Virginia Ex Rel. State Corporation Comm'nSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
  2. Prudential Insurance v. BenjaminSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  3. Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc. v. HostetterSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  4. Lincoln Federal Labor Union v. Northwestern Iron & Metal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
  5. Hoopeston Canning Co. v. CullenSupreme Court of the United States · 1943

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