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.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
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 Assn. v. Garamendi self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: American Insurance Association et al. v. John Garamendi, Insurance Commissioner of the State of California
hasCountry	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
hasCourt	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
holding	American Insurance Assn. v. Garamendi self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: Sandra Day O'Connor William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy	David H. Souter ⓘ
originatingJurisdiction	California, United States ⓘ surface form: 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	Holocaust Victim Insurance Relief Act of 1999 ⓘ surface form: California Holocaust Victim Insurance Relief Act (HVIRA)
subjectMatter	Holocaust-era insurance policies ⓘ disclosure of insurance information ⓘ
voteSplit	5-4 ⓘ
yearDecided	2003 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

American Insurance Assn. v. Garamendi → fullCaseName → American Insurance Assn. v. Garamendi self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Insurance Association et al. v. John Garamendi, Insurance Commissioner of the State of California

American Insurance Assn. v. Garamendi → holding → American Insurance Assn. v. Garamendi self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: California Holocaust Victim Insurance Relief Act was preempted by the federal foreign affairs power

Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council → relatedCase → American Insurance Assn. v. Garamendi ⓘ

Zschernig v. Miller → relatedCase → American Insurance Assn. v. Garamendi ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Insurance Association v. Garamendi