American Insurance Assn. v. Garamendi

E13962

United States Supreme Court case legal case

American Insurance Assn. v. Garamendi is a 2003 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a California law requiring disclosure of Holocaust-era insurance policies was preempted by the federal government's foreign affairs power.

Aliases (3)

American Insurance Association et al. v. John Garamendi, Insurance Commissioner of the State of California ×1
American Insurance Association v. Garamendi ×1
California Holocaust Victim Insurance Relief Act was preempted by the federal foreign affairs power ×1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Supreme Court case → legal case →
affects	state regulation of international insurance matters →
areaOfLaw	constitutional law → federalism → foreign relations law →
citation	539 U.S. 396 →
citedFor	doctrine that state laws are preempted when they conflict with the President’s foreign policy →
decisionDate	2003-06-23 →
dissentingJoiner	Antonin Scalia → John Paul Stevens → Stephen G. Breyer →
dissentingOpinionBy	Ruth Bader Ginsburg →
docketNumber	02-722 →
fullCaseName	American Insurance Association et al. v. John Garamendi, Insurance Commissioner of the State of California →
hasCountry	United States →
hasCourt	Supreme Court of the United States →
holding	California Holocaust Victim Insurance Relief Act was preempted by the federal foreign affairs power → State law that interferes with the federal government’s conduct of foreign relations is preempted →
involvesGovernmentalPower	federal foreign affairs power → state police power →
jurisdiction	federal question jurisdiction →
legalIssue	conflict between state law and federal foreign policy → dormant foreign affairs doctrine → federal preemption → foreign affairs power →
majorityJoiner	Anthony M. Kennedy → Clarence Thomas → Sandra Day O'Connor → William H. Rehnquist →
majorityOpinionBy	David H. Souter →
originatingJurisdiction	State of California →
petitioner	American Insurance Association →
precedentFor	limits on state involvement in foreign affairs →
relatedStatuteOrAct	Holocaust Victim Insurance Relief Act of 1999 →
relatedTo	executive agreements concerning Holocaust-era claims →
respondent	John Garamendi →
respondentOffice	Insurance Commissioner of California →
result	California statute invalidated →
stateLawAtIssue	California Holocaust Victim Insurance Relief Act (HVIRA) →
subjectMatter	Holocaust-era insurance policies → disclosure of insurance information →
voteSplit	5-4 →
yearDecided	2003 →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council → Zschernig v. Miller ("American Insurance Association v. Garamendi") →	relatedCase
American Insurance Assn. v. Garamendi ("American Insurance Association et al. v. John Garamendi, Insurance Commissioner of the State of California") →	fullCaseName
American Insurance Assn. v. Garamendi ("California Holocaust Victim Insurance Relief Act was preempted by the federal foreign affairs power") →	holding