Andrew M. Cuomo, Attorney General of New York v. the Clearing House Association, L. L. C., et al.

Decided June 29, 2009. Antonin Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 08-453 · 557 U.S. 519 (2009) · Cited 169 times

Holding

The Comptroller’s regulation purporting to pre-empt state law enforcement is not a reasonable interpretation of the NBA.

The Court’s statement of the holding, from the opinion’s syllabus. The syllabus is prepared by the Reporter of Decisions and is not part of the opinion of the Court — read the official opinion for authority.

How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Watters v. Wachovia Bank, N. A. · 550 U.S. 1 (2007)
• First National Bank in St. Louis v. Missouri · 263 U.S. 640 (1924)
• Guthrie v. Harkness · 199 U.S. 148 (1905)
• National Cable & Telecommunications Assn. v. Brand X Internet Services · 545 U.S. 967 (2005)
• Smiley v. Citibank (South Dakota), N. A. · 517 U.S. 735 (1996)
• United States v. Locke · 529 U.S. 89 (2000)
• Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 467 U.S. 837 (1984)
• Rice v. Santa Fe Elevator Corp. · 331 U.S. 218 (1947)
• Anderson National Bank v. Luckett · 321 U.S. 233 (1944)
• Barnett Bank of Marion County, N. A. v. Nelson · 517 U.S. 25 (1996)
• Boyd's Lessee v. Graves · 17 U.S. 513 (1819)
• United States v. Mead Corp. · 533 U.S. 218 (2001)
• Cipollone v. Liggett Group, Inc. · 505 U.S. 504 (1992)
• Gregory v. Ashcroft · 501 U.S. 452 (1991)
• United States v. Shabani · 513 U.S. 10 (1994)
• Nationsbank of North Carolina, N. A. v. Variable Annuity Life Insurance · 513 U.S. 251 (1995)
• Asgrow Seed Co. v. Winterboer · 513 U.S. 179 (1995)
• First National Bank in Plant City v. Dickinson · 396 U.S. 122 (1969)
• Franklin Nat. Bank of Franklin Square v. New York · 347 U.S. 373 (1954)
• First National Bank v. Fellows Ex Rel. Union Trust Co. · 244 U.S. 416 (1917)
• Wyeth v. Levine · 555 U.S. 555 (2009)
• Riegel v. Medtronic, Inc. · 552 U.S. 312 (2008)
• Altria Group, Inc. v. Good · 555 U.S. 70 (2008)
• Farmers' & Mechanics' National Bank v. Dearing · 91 U.S. 29 (1875)
• Dean v. United States · 556 U.S. 568 (2009)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (2009). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-07-03. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).