American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance v. Commissioner of Insurance

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• recognizing \that the concept of reasonableness is supported when retroactive legislation is enacted to cure a substantial defect which could not easily have been perceived at the time of . . . enactment\
• use of proof beyond a reasonable doubt standard in presumption of statute’s constitutionality, recognizing wide discretion of Legislature
• court examines statute by considering nature of public interest that motivated Legislature to enact it, nature of rights affected, and extent or scope of statutory effect
• “[W]e perceive no need for separate analysis of [plaintiffs’] various contentions under the impairment- of-contracts clause and under the [D]ue [P]rocess [C]lause of the United States Constitution and cognate State constitutional provisions.”
• retroactive legislation to correct impact of insurance rates on large numbers of citizens
• \[T]hese various contentions 'amount to much the same thing.'\ (citation omitted)

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