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ROBERTSON v. CALIFORNIA

No. 274.

328 U.S. 440 (1946)

ROBERTSON v. CALIFORNIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 3, 1946.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert R. Weaver and Earl Blodgett argued the cause for appellant. With Mr. Weaver on the brief was Allen K. Perry.

T.A. Westphal, Jr., Deputy Attorney General of California, and M. Arthur Waite argued the cause for appellee. With them on the brief were Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, Julien G. Hathaway and H.F. Orr.

Briefs were filed as amici curiae by Nathaniel L. Goldstein, Attorney General of New York, Orrin G. Judd, Solicitor General, and Saul A. Shames, Assistant Attorney General, for the State of New York, and by Francis V. Keesling, Sr. and Francis V. Keesling, Jr. for the California Association of Insurance Agents et al., in support of appellee.

MR. JUSTICE RUTLEDGE delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case differs from Prudential Insurance Co. v. Benjamin, ante, p. 408, in three respects. It is a criminal cause; the statutes involved regulate, rather than simply tax, the business of insurance; and appellant's acts held to violate them were done before the McCarran Act's1 effective date.

Appellant was convicted in a state court for violating §§...

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