College Savings Bank v. Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board
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College Savings Bank v. Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board is a 1999 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited Congress’s ability to abrogate state sovereign immunity under the Commerce Clause, holding that states cannot be sued for false advertising under federal law without their consent.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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legal case ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
constitutional law
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federal courts ⓘ intellectual property law ⓘ |
| citation |
119 S. Ct. 2219
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144 L. Ed. 2d 605 ⓘ 527 U.S. 666 ⓘ |
| clarified | limits on congressional abrogation of state immunity under Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment in relation to Article I powers ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvisionInvolved |
Article I Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution
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Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1999-06-23 ⓘ |
| dissentingOpinionBy |
David H. Souter
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John Paul Stevens NERFINISHED ⓘ Ruth Bader Ginsburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| docketNumber | 98-149 ⓘ |
| doctrineApplied | sovereign immunity of states ⓘ |
| holding |
Congress may not use its Article I Commerce Clause power to abrogate state sovereign immunity from suit in federal court
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States cannot be sued for false advertising under the Lanham Act without their consent ⓘ |
| impact |
limited Congress’s ability to subject nonconsenting states to private suits under Article I powers
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reinforced the doctrine of state sovereign immunity in federal courts ⓘ |
| joinedByInMajority |
Anthony M. Kennedy
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Clarence Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ Sandra Day O’Connor NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephen G. Breyer NERFINISHED ⓘ William H. Rehnquist NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | federal question jurisdiction ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
Commerce Clause power of Congress
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abrogation of state sovereign immunity ⓘ false advertising under federal law ⓘ state sovereign immunity ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy | Antonin Scalia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partyTypeOfRespondent | state agency of Florida ⓘ |
| petitioner | College Savings Bank NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedCase |
Alden v. Maine
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Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board v. College Savings Bank NERFINISHED ⓘ Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| respondent | Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result | judgment for Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board ⓘ |
| shortName | College Savings Bank v. Florida Prepaid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| statuteInvolved | Lanham Act NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
federal false advertising claims against a state entity
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federal intellectual property–related claims ⓘ |
| term | October Term 1998 ⓘ |
| yearDecided | 1999 ⓘ |
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United States sovereign immunity law
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College Savings Bank v. Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board
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