Legal Opinion
American Insurance v. Lewis
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 8, 1980PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Fuchsberg, J.
On this appeal, here directly pursuant to CPLR 5601 (subd [b], par 2), we are called upon to determine whether subdivision 1 of section 654 of our Insurance Law, in imposing a so-called "capping” impost based on the total net worth of property and casualty insurance corporations, offends the due process clauses of our Federal and State Constitutions. The appellants are seven large foreign corporations who write such insurance in the various States, including New York.
The challenged provision is an amendment to a statutory scheme under which the Insurance Law…
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