Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association (2018)

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United States Supreme Court case landmark decision

Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association (2018) is a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down the federal ban on state-authorized sports gambling, significantly expanding states’ rights under the anti-commandeering doctrine.

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Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association	11
Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association (2018) canonical	4
Murphy v. NCAA	1
Murphy v. NCAA, 584 U.S. ___ (2018)	1
Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Assn.	1

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instanceOf	United States Supreme Court case ⓘ landmark decision ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association (2018) ⓘ surface form: Murphy v. NCAA Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association (2018) ⓘ surface form: Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Assn.
arguedOn	December 4, 2017 ⓘ
challengedStatute	Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act ⓘ
challengedStatuteAbbreviation	PASPA ⓘ
citation	584 U.S. ___ (2018) ⓘ
concerns	Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ federalism ⓘ state-authorized sports gambling ⓘ
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decidedOn	May 14, 2018 ⓘ
dissentingOpinionBy	Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ Sonia Sotomayor ⓘ
docketNumber	No. 16-476 ⓘ
effect	Allowed individual U.S. states to legalize and regulate sports betting. ⓘ Significantly expanded states’ rights under the anti-commandeering doctrine. ⓘ
holding	Congress cannot issue direct orders to state legislatures to maintain prohibitions on sports gambling. ⓘ PASPA’s provision prohibiting state authorization of sports gambling is not severable from the rest of the statute. ⓘ The Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act’s provisions prohibiting state authorization of sports gambling schemes violate the anti-commandeering rule of the Tenth Amendment. ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States federal law ⓘ
legalIssue	constitutionality of the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act ⓘ scope of the anti-commandeering doctrine ⓘ
locationOfCourt	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
majorityJoinedBy	Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ Clarence Thomas ⓘ Elena Kagan ⓘ John G. Roberts Jr. ⓘ Neil M. Gorsuch ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy	Samuel A. Alito Jr. ⓘ
originatedFrom	Christie v. National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ
partlyJoinedBy	Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ
petitioner	Phil Murphy ⓘ surface form: Philip D. Murphy New Jersey, United States ⓘ surface form: State of New Jersey
proceduralHistory	New Jersey’s 2014 law partially repealing prohibitions on sports wagering was enjoined by lower federal courts under PASPA. ⓘ supreme court ⓘ surface form: The Supreme Court granted certiorari to review the Third Circuit’s decision. United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ⓘ surface form: The Third Circuit Court of Appeals upheld PASPA and the injunction against New Jersey’s law.
relatedDoctrine	anti-commandeering doctrine ⓘ
relatedPrecedent	New York v. United States (1992) ⓘ Printz v. United States ⓘ surface form: Printz v. United States (1997)
replacedParty	Chris Christie ⓘ
respondent	National Basketball Association ⓘ National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ National Football League ⓘ National Hockey League ⓘ MLB Commissioner’s Office ⓘ surface form: Office of the Commissioner of Baseball United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
result	PASPA was struck down as unconstitutional. ⓘ
subjectMatter	sports betting regulation in the United States ⓘ
vote	6–3 on the core anti-commandeering question ⓘ

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Printz v. United States → citedIn → Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association (2018) ⓘ

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Jay Printz, Sheriff/Coroner, Ravalli County, Montana, et al. v. United States → relatedCase → Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association (2018) ⓘ

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Christie v. National Collegiate Athletic Association → relatedCase → Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association (2018) ⓘ

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Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act → constitutionalChallenge → Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association (2018) ⓘ

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Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act → overturnedBy → Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association (2018) ⓘ

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PASPA → challengedInCase → Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association (2018) ⓘ

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PASPA → caseCitationStrikingDown → Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association (2018) ⓘ

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The Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act’s provisions prohibiting state authorization of sports gambling schemes violate the anti-commandeering rule of the Tenth Amendment. → decidedInCase → Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association (2018) ⓘ

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PASPA was struck down as unconstitutional. → refersTo → Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association (2018) ⓘ

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