Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council

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Supremacy Clause case United States Supreme Court case federal preemption case

Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council is a 2000 U.S. Supreme Court case that held a Massachusetts law restricting state business with Burma was preempted by federal sanctions under the Supremacy Clause.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Supremacy Clause case ⓘ United States Supreme Court case ⓘ federal preemption case ⓘ
areaOfLaw	constitutional law ⓘ federal courts and jurisdiction ⓘ foreign relations law ⓘ government contracts ⓘ
chiefJusticeAtDecision	William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
citation	120 S. Ct. 2288 ⓘ 147 L. Ed. 2d 352 ⓘ 530 U.S. 363 ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted	Article VI ⓘ surface form: Article VI of the United States Constitution Supremacy Clause ⓘ
countryConcerned	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate	2000-06-19 ⓘ
decisionType	unanimous decision ⓘ
docketNumber	99-474 ⓘ
foreignCountryConcerned	Myanmar ⓘ surface form: Burma Myanmar ⓘ
holding	Massachusetts law restricting state business with Burma is preempted by federal law ⓘ federal Burma sanctions statute occupies the field with respect to sanctions against Burma ⓘ state Burma law conflicted with federal Burma sanctions regime ⓘ
impact	clarified preemption analysis in the context of foreign sanctions ⓘ limited state authority to impose independent sanctions on foreign countries ⓘ
jurisdictionBasis	appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ⓘ
legalIssue	Supremacy Clause ⓘ surface form: Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution federal preemption ⓘ foreign affairs power ⓘ state sanctions against foreign nations ⓘ
opinionAuthor	David H. Souter ⓘ
originatingJurisdiction	Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of Massachusetts
petitioner	Philip W. Crosby, Treasurer and Receiver General of Massachusetts ⓘ
relatedCase	American Insurance Assn. v. Garamendi ⓘ Hines v. Davidowitz ⓘ Zschernig v. Miller ⓘ
relatedDoctrine	conflict preemption ⓘ foreign affairs preemption ⓘ obstacle preemption ⓘ
respondent	National Foreign Trade Council ⓘ
statuteInterpreted	Massachusetts Burma law ⓘ federal Burma sanctions statute ⓘ
subjectMatter	foreign economic sanctions ⓘ state procurement law ⓘ

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Supremacy Clause → interpretedInCase → Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council ⓘ

Philip W. Crosby, Treasurer and Receiver General of Massachusetts → notableWork → Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council ⓘ

subject surface form: Philip W. Crosby

Philip W. Crosby, Treasurer and Receiver General of Massachusetts → participantIn → Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council ⓘ

subject surface form: Philip W. Crosby

Zschernig v. Miller → relatedCase → Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council ⓘ