Today in Supreme Court History: January 5, 1931

1/5/1931: O'Gorman & Young, Inc. v. Hartford Fire Insurance Co. decided.

 

Comments

[Dan Schiavetta]

O'Gorman & Young, Inc. v. Hartford Fire Ins. Co., 282 U.S. 251 (decided January 5, 1931): upholding New Jersey statute requiring that insurance agents be not paid above prevailing rates, as valid use of police power ("The business of insurance is so far affected with a public interest that the state may regulate the rates"); 5 - 4 decision, with the "Four Horsemen" dissenting (though they weren't called that then)

Sealfon v. United States, 332 U.S. 575 (decided January 5, 1948): acquittal as to conspiracy to present false invoices to ration board acted as res judicata barring trial as to abetting the publishing of the false invoices

United States v. Di Re, 332 U.S. 581 (decided January 5, 1948): warrant needed to arrest and search passenger in car driven by possessor of counterfeit gas ration coupons (counterfeit coupons found on defendant's person during station search should have been suppressed)

[Dan Schiavetta]

I wonder how the current American public would respond to the idea of rationing, even if it’s needed. The Korean War was the last war where Americans were asked to sacrifice anything for a war effort.

[defaultdotxbe]

It's hard to imagine a conflict of the scale of WW2 that would even necessitate rationing. Its all proxy wars and smaller, incremental, wars.