United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Association

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United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Association is a landmark 1944 U.S. Supreme Court case that held insurance transactions across state lines are subject to federal regulation under the Commerce Clause.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf U.S. Supreme Court case ⓘ
antitrust case ⓘ
landmark decision ⓘ
areaOfLaw antitrust law ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
insurance law ⓘ
arguedYear 1944 ⓘ
category United States Supreme Court cases on Commerce Clause ⓘ
United States Supreme Court cases on antitrust ⓘ
United States Supreme Court cases on insurance law ⓘ
changedPreviousRule insurance was not commerce for purposes of the Commerce Clause ⓘ
citation 322 U.S. 533 ⓘ
64 S. Ct. 1162 ⓘ
88 L. Ed. 1440 ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Commerce Clause
countryOfCourt United States ⓘ
decidedYear 1944 ⓘ
decidingCourt Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate 1944 ⓘ
decisionYear 1944 ⓘ
fullName United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Association ⓘ
geographicScope interstate insurance markets ⓘ
held Sherman Antitrust Act applies to interstate insurance business ⓘ
insurance transactions across state lines are interstate commerce ⓘ
insurance transactions across state lines are subject to federal regulation under the Commerce Clause ⓘ
impact led to congressional response in the McCarran–Ferguson Act ⓘ
jurisdiction federal ⓘ
languageOfDecision English ⓘ
legalIssue Commerce Clause ⓘ
application of Sherman Antitrust Act to insurance ⓘ
federal power to regulate insurance ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy Hugo L. Black ⓘ
overruledPrecedent Paul v. Virginia ⓘ
pageInUnitedStatesReports 533 ⓘ
petitioner United States ⓘ
recognized insurance as interstate commerce when conducted across state lines ⓘ
respondent South-Eastern Underwriters Association ⓘ
member insurance companies of South-Eastern Underwriters Association ⓘ
result reversed prior understanding that insurance was purely local ⓘ
shortName South-Eastern Underwriters ⓘ
statuteInterpreted Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ
subjectMatter alleged market allocation in insurance ⓘ
alleged price-fixing in fire insurance ⓘ
subsequentDevelopment Congress enacted the McCarran–Ferguson Act in 1945 ⓘ
timePeriod World War II era ⓘ
volumeOfUnitedStatesReports 322 ⓘ
voteSplit 4–3 ⓘ

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Paul v. Virginia → laterLimitedBy → United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Association ⓘ
United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Association → fullName → United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Association ⓘ
South-Eastern Underwriters → notableCase → United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Association ⓘ
South-Eastern Underwriters → subjectOf → United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Association ⓘ
McCarran–Ferguson Act → influencedByCourtCase → United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Association ⓘ