Legal Opinion
Pennsylvania National Organization for Women v. Commonwealth
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 22, 1988No. Appeals Nos. 1276 C.D. 1987 and 376 C.D. 1988PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
President Judge Crumlish, Jr.,
The Pennsylvania National Organization for Women and six individual petitioners1 seek review of the Insurance Commissioners adjudication and order dismissing those counts of their complaint2 alleging violations of (1) *286The Casualty and Surety Rate Regulatory Act, Act of June 11, 1947, P.L. 538, as amended, 40 P.S. §§1181-1199 (hereinafter the Rate Act); (2) the equal protection guarantees of the Pennsylvania3 and United States Constitutions;4 and (3) the Pennsylvania Equal Rights Amendment.5
The gravamen of NOWs complaint is that the Commissioner ignored…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Jackson v. Metropolitan Edison Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Henderson v. HendersonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Fischer v. Department of Public WelfareSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
- Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Insurance Commissioner of CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
- Bartholomew Ex Rel. Bartholomew v. FosterCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Travelers Indemnity Co. v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1989