Continental Ins. v. Board of Fire Underwriters of the Pacific
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern California
Bill for am injunction brought by the Continental Insurance Company against the Board of Fire Underwriters of the Pacific and others.
1Opinion of the Court
McKENNA, Circuit Judge.
The nature of the action will be developed as I proceed. The case has been very elaborately argued, and the interests involved are great, and the opinion, therefore, will be quite lengthy. The bill is long, and alleges, substantially:
That the Board of Fire Underwriters of the Pacific is a secret association composed of the representatives of certain fire insurance companies, and that it has adopted a constitution providing, among other things, for (1) regulation of premium rates (two-thirds membership fixing these); (2) prevention of rebates; (3) compensation of agents;…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Carew v. RutherfordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870
- Toledo, A. A. & N. M. Ry. Co. v. Pennsylvania Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern Ohio · 1893
- Bohn Manufacturing Co. v. HollisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1893
- In re GreeneU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Ohio · 1892
- Queen Insurance v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1893
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Speegle v. Board of Fire UnderwritersCalifornia Supreme Court · 1946
- Harding v. Ohio Casualty InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1950
- Hopkins v. Oxley Stave Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1897
- Longshore Printing Co. v. HowellOregon Supreme Court · 1894
- Werth v. Fire Companies' Adjustment Bureau, Inc.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1933
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