NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INS. CO. v. COMMISSIONER OF INS.


397 Mass. 416 (1986)

491 N.E.2d 1061

NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY vs. COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

April 28, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. McLaughlin for Steven E. Barnicoat & others, interveners.

Thomas A. Barnico, Assistant Attorney General, for the Commissioner of Insurance.

Robert W. Mahoney for the plaintiff.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., LIACOS, ABRAMS, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.


HENNESSEY, C.J.

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company (Nationwide), a motor vehicle insurance company, commenced an action in the Supreme Judicial Court for Suffolk County against the Commissioner of Insurance (commissioner) challenging the application and constitutionality of two statutes authorizing the commissioner to establish commission rates for motor vehicle insurance agents. Specifically, Nationwide sought a declaration that St. 1979, c. 149, and St. 1980, c...

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