Allgeyer v. Louisiana case brief summary
165 U.S. 578 (1897)
CASE FACTS
The State filed a petition alleging that defendants violated a statute by mailing a certificate of marine insurance to an out of state insurance company advising them of the property to be insured. The State had enacted a statute, which forbade persons from dealing with marine insurance companies that had not complied with state law. The trial court entered a judgment in favor of defendants, but the state supreme court reversed.
DISCUSSION
The Court reversed, holding that a state may not prohibit its citizens from contracting outside the limits and jurisdiction of the state, which were also to be performed outside of such jurisdiction, and the case remanded to the Supreme Court of Louisiana for further proceedings not inconsistent with the opinion.
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165 U.S. 578 (1897)
CASE SYNOPSIS
Defendant exporters appealed a judgment
from the Supreme Court of Louisiana, which held that they had
violated a state act that prevented persons from dealing with marine
insurance companies that had not complied with state law in an action
initiated by plaintiff State of Louisiana.CASE FACTS
The State filed a petition alleging that defendants violated a statute by mailing a certificate of marine insurance to an out of state insurance company advising them of the property to be insured. The State had enacted a statute, which forbade persons from dealing with marine insurance companies that had not complied with state law. The trial court entered a judgment in favor of defendants, but the state supreme court reversed.
DISCUSSION
- On appeal, the United States Supreme Court reversed, holding that a state's power to prohibit a contract within its boundaries cannot extend to prohibiting a citizen from making contracts outside of the jurisdiction of the state, which are also to be performed outside of such jurisdiction; nor can the state prohibit its citizens from doing such an act as writing a letter of notification, even though the property may be within the limits of the state.
The Court reversed, holding that a state may not prohibit its citizens from contracting outside the limits and jurisdiction of the state, which were also to be performed outside of such jurisdiction, and the case remanded to the Supreme Court of Louisiana for further proceedings not inconsistent with the opinion.
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