Legal Opinion
Daniel v. Family Security Life Insurance
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 28, 1949No. 297PublishedCited by 152 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Mr. Justice Murphy,
announced by Mr. Justice Rutledge.
A South Carolina statute provides that life insurance companies and their agents may not operate an under taking business, and undertakers may not serve as agents for life insurance companies. Criminal sanctions are provided. Act No. 787, S. C. Acts of 1948, p. 1947. Respondents brought action before a three-judge District Court in the Eastern District of South Carolina, seeking an injunction forbidding the enforcement of the statute. 28 U. S. C. § 380, now 28 U. S. C. §§ 2281, 2284. The court, one judge dissenting,…
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