Flaminio Costa
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Flaminio Costa was an Italian lawyer and electricity consumer known for bringing the landmark European Court of Justice case Costa v ENEL, which established the primacy of European Union law over national law.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Italian lawyer
ⓘ
human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ |
| asserted | primacy of European Community law over conflicting national law ⓘ |
| associatedWithLegalDoctrine |
primacy of European Union law
ⓘ
supremacy of European Union law ⓘ |
| broughtProceedingsAgainst | ENEL NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| caseReferredTo | European Court of Justice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| challenged | compatibility of Italian nationalization law with European Community treaties ⓘ |
| contributedTo | development of the doctrine of direct effect and supremacy in EU law ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Italy ⓘ |
| fieldOfActivity |
European Union law
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
law ⓘ |
| hasNationality | Italian ⓘ |
| influenced | subsequent European Court of Justice case law on supremacy of EU law ⓘ |
| involvedIn | nationalization of the Italian electricity sector ⓘ |
| knownFor | bringing the case Costa v ENEL before the European Court of Justice ⓘ |
| legalArgumentContext | conflict between Italian national law and European Community law ⓘ |
| legalStanding | electricity consumer ⓘ |
| legalSystemContext |
European Community legal order
ⓘ
Italian legal system ⓘ |
| notableFor | Costa v ENEL NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | lawyer ⓘ |
| opposed | ENEL NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partyTo | Costa v ENEL NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedCase | Costa v ENEL (1964) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| resisted | Italian legislation nationalizing electricity supply ⓘ |
| roleInCase | plaintiff in Costa v ENEL ⓘ |
| typeOfConsumer | electricity consumer GENERATED ⓘ |
| usedLegalInstrument | preliminary reference procedure to the European Court of Justice ⓘ |
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