AMWEST SURETY INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff and Respondent,
v.
PETE WILSON, as Governor, etc., et al., Defendants and Respondents; CHARLES QUACKENBUSH, as Commissioner, etc., Defendant and Appellant; VOTER REVOLT, Intervener and Appellant.
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December 14, 1995.
December 14, 1995.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
COUNSEL
Strumwasser & Woocher, Michael J. Strumwasser, Fredric D. Woocher and Susan L. Durbin for Defendant and Appellant.
Hall & Phillips, John R. Phillips, Carl H. Moor, Leon Dayan, Phillips, Cohen & Goldstein, Ann E. Carlson, Linda B. Popejoy, Hall & Associates, Carlyle W. Hall, Jr., Edward P. Howard and Gus T. May for Intervener and Appellant.
Christopher L. Kelley, Olson, Hagel, Fong, Leidigh, Waters & Fishburn and George Waters as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant and Intervener and Appellant.
Larry A. Rothstein, Hufstedler, Kaus & Ettinger, Hufstedler & Kaus, Morrison & Foerster, Otto M. Kaus, John Sobieski, Thelen, Marrin, Johnson & Bridges and Curtis A. Cole for Plaintiff and Respondent.
Barger & Wolen, Kent R. Keller, Robert W. Hogeboom, Steven H. Weinstein, John C. Holmes and Lawrence F. Krutchik as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.
Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, Edmond B. Mamer and Jack T. Kerry, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendants and Respondents.
Michael L. Pinkerton as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.
Paul R. Geissler, Craig A. Berrignton, David F. Snyder, James L. Kimble, Munger, Tolles & Olson, Allen M. Katz, Mark B. Helm, Gregg W. Kettles, Sidley & Austin, George Deukmejian, James M. Harris, Hill, Farrer & Burrill, Jack R. White and James R. Evans, Jr., as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent and Defendants and Respondents.
Supreme Court of California.
OPINION
GEORGE, J.
In 1988, the voters approved Proposition 103, an initiative measure entitled the Insurance Rate Reduction and Reform Act. Among other provisions affecting certain types of insurance, Proposition 103 imposed a rate rollback and required that any subsequent rate increase, prior to its use, be approved by the Insurance Commissioner. Section 8(b) of Proposition 103 provides: "The provisions of this act shall not be...
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