DEPT. OF INS. v. DADE CTY. CONSUMER ADV.

No. 66178.

492 So.2d 1032 (1986)

DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE, Appellants, v. DADE COUNTY CONSUMER ADVOCATE'S OFFICE, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied September 10, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald A. Dowdell, Gen. Counsel, Dept. of Ins., Curtis A. Billingsley and Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Kent A. Zaiser and Louis F. Hubener, Asst. Attys. Gen., Dept. of Legal Affairs, Tallahassee, for appellants.

Mary Charlotte McCall, Tallahassee and William B. Schultz, Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, D.C., for appellees.

William O. Birchfield and Dennis E. Hayes of Martin, Ade, Birchfield & Johnson, Jacksonville, for American Counsel of Life Ins., amicus curiae.

Frederick B. Karl, Arthur C. Beal, Jr. and James N. McConnaughhay of Karl, McConnaughhay, Roland & Maida, Tallahassee, for Florida Ass'n of Ins. Agents, amicus curiae.

J. Robert McClure, Jr. and Alan C. Sundberg of Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith & Cutler, Tallahassee, for Florida Ass'n of Life Underwriters, amicus curiae.

Stephen C. O'Connell of Cason & Henderson, Tallahassee, and William N. Albus, Washington, D.C., for Nat. Ass'n of Life Underwriters, amicus curiae.

George E. Owen, Tallahassee and William R. Heerman, Appleton, Wis., for the Nat. Fraternal Congress of America, amicus curiae.

Sandra L. Gilfillan, Kansas City, Mo., for Nat. Ass'n of Ins. Com'rs, amicus curiae.

Carl K. Oshiro and Harry M. Snyder, San Francisco, Cal., for Consumers Union of U.S., Inc., amicus curiae.


OVERTON, Justice.

This appeal from Dade County Consumer Advocate's Office v. Department of Insurance, 457 So.2d 495 (Fla. 1st DCA 1984), concerns the validity of sections 626.611(11) and 626.9541(1)(h)1, Florida Statutes (1983),1 which prohibit insurance agents from accepting from their customers a commission lower than the commission set by the insurer...

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