Legal Opinion
Lincoln National Life Insurance v. Read
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 11, 1945No. 833PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Douglas
The sole question presented by this appeal is whether Oklahoma has denied appellant the equal protection of the laws in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Appellant is an Indiana corporation. It qualified to do business in Oklahoma in 1919 and has continued to do business there every year since then. The Oklahoma Constitution then provided, as it does now., in Article XIX, § 1, that:
“No foreign insurance company shall be granted a license or permitted to do business in this State until it shall have complied with the laws of the State, including the deposit of such collateral or indemnity…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Paul v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
- United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Hanover Fire Insurance v. HardingSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Philadelphia Fire Assn. v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Ducat v. ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
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3Cited by40 opinions
- Western & Southern Life Ins. Co. v. State Bd. of Equalization of Cal.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Prudential Insurance v. BenjaminSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Metropolitan Life Insurance v. WardSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Wheeling Steel Corp. v. GlanderSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Allied American Mutual Fire Insurance v. Commissioner of Motor VehiclesCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1959
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