JORDAN v. AMERICAN EAGLE FIRE INS. CO.

No. 9507.

169 F.2d 281 (1948)

JORDAN, Superintendent of Insurance, v. AMERICAN EAGLE FIRE INS. CO. et al.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia.

Decided April 12, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Lloyd B. Harrison, Special Assistant Corporation Counsel, District of Columbia, of Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Vernon E. West, Corporation Counsel, Mr. Chester H. Gray, Principal Assistant Corporation Counsel, and Mr. Oliver Gasch, Assistant Corporation Counsel, District of Columbia, all of Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Abraham Kaplan, of New York City, pro hac vice, by special leave of court, with whom Messrs. Paul B. Cromelin, and Francis C. Brooke, both of Washington, D. C., and George I. Gross, of New York City, were on the brief, for appellees.

Before EDGERTON, Associate Justice, MARIS, Circuit Judge, and PRETTYMAN, Associate Justice.


PRETTYMAN, Associate Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court setting aside an order of the Superintendent of Insurance for the District of Columbia and permanently enjoining its enforcement.1 Appellees are 1732 fire insurance companies engaged in business in the District of Columbia.

The controversy revolves about Section 3 of an act of Congress of June 1, 1944,

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