Forum
U.S. Supreme Court
Case Status
Decided
Docket Number
Term
Cert. Denied
Lower Court Opinion
Questions Presented
Whether the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments permit a State to fix the rates charged by a regulated entity at a level that precludes a fair rate of return on the regulated entity’s capital.
Case Updates
Cert. petition denied
February 20, 2018
U.S. Chamber urges Supreme Court to review state regulation of insurance premiums
November 13, 2017
The U.S. Chamber, along with the California Chamber of Commerce, California Business Roundtable, Washington Legal Foundation, and American Consumer Institute, filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to grant the petition for a writ of certiorari.
Kathleen M. Sullivan, Cleland B. Walton II, and Derek L. Shaffer of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP served as co-counsel for the amici.
Case Documents
- Opinion -- Mercury Casualty Co. v. Jones (California Court of Appeal).pdf
- Cert. Petition -- Mercury Casualty Co. v. Jones (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- U.S. Chamber Amicus Brief -- Mercury Casualty Co. v. Jones (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf