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UNITED STATES FIRE INS. v. SCHWARTZ

[No. 166, September Term, 1976.]

280 Md. 518 (1977)

374 A.2d 896

UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY ET AL. v. PAUL L. SCHWARTZ ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided June 30, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan N. Gamse, with whom were Semmes, Bowen & Semmes on the brief, for United States Fire Ins. Co., Harford Mut. Ins. Co. and Hartford Fire Ins. Co., part of appellants. Carl E. Eastwick, Assistant Attorney General, with whom was Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, on the brief, for Insurance Commissioner of Maryland, other appellant.

Jonathan A. Azrael, with whom were Azrael & Gann on the brief, for appellees.

The cause was argued before SINGLEY, SMITH, DIGGES, LEVINE, ELDRIDGE and ORTH, JJ.

LEVINE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case is the sequel to Md. Fire Underwriters v. Insur. Comm'r, 260 Md. 258, 272 A.2d 24 (1971), in which we upheld orders of the Insurance Commissioner of Maryland (the Commissioner) denying requests by three rating bureaus for authority to increase certain homeowners' insurance rates. The requested rate schedules in controversy there had already...

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