Aetna Life Ins. Co. v. Lavoie (1985) 75 U.S. 813 [106 S.Ct. 1580, 89 L.Ed.2d 823].

Holding insurer's rights under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment were violated by Court of Appeal Justice's participation in action seeking punitive damages for insurer's alleged bad faith refusal to pay claim, where Justice, at time he cast deciding vote and authored court's opinion, had his own lawsuit pending in another state in which he raised a similar bad faith claim against another insurer.

We appeared as amici curiae counsel on behalf of the National Association of Independent Insurers, Truck Insurance Exchange, Farmers Insurance Group, and State Farm Insurance Companies in support of petitioner.

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