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O'GORMAN & YOUNG v. HARTF'D INS. CO.

Nos. 12 and 13.

282 U.S. 251 (1931)

51 S.Ct. 130

75 L.Ed. 324

O'GORMAN AND YOUNG, INCORPORATED, v. HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. SAME v. PHOENIX ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.

Supreme Court of United States.

Reargued October 30, 1930.

Decided January 5, 1931.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Walter Gordon Merritt, with whom Mr. George C. Austin was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Ralph E. Lum for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the Court.

These cases, which are here on appeals from the highest court of New Jersey, were argued together. They present the question whether the following statutory provision, effective March 29, 1928, is consistent with the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment:

"In order that rates of insurance against the hazards of fire shall be reasonable it shall be unlawful...

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