Stephen P. Crosby, Secretary of Administration and Finance of Massachusetts, et al., v. National Foreign Trade Council

Decided June 19, 2000. David Hackett Souter delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 99-474 · 530 U.S. 363 (2000) · Cited 1,032 times

Holding

The state Act is preempted, and its application unconstitutional, under the Supremacy Clause.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

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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.

• Hines v. Davidowitz · 312 U.S. 52 (1941)
• Wisconsin Department of Industry, Labor & Human Relations v. Gould Inc. · 475 U.S. 282 (1986)
• Barclays Bank PLC v. Franchise Tax Bd. of Cal. · 512 U.S. 298 (1994)
• Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer · 343 U.S. 579 (1952)
• English v. General Electric Co. · 496 U.S. 72 (1990)
• Gade v. National Solid Wastes Management Assn. · 505 U.S. 88 (1992)
• Dames & Moore v. Regan · 453 U.S. 654 (1981)
• CTS Corp. v. Dynamics Corp. of America · 481 U.S. 69 (1987)
• California v. ARC America Corp. · 490 U.S. 93 (1989)
• United States v. Locke · 529 U.S. 89 (2000)
• Garner v. Teamsters, Chauffeurs & Helpers Local Union No. 776 · 346 U.S. 485 (1953)
• Container Corp. of America v. Franchise Tax Board · 463 U.S. 159 (1983)
• Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority · 297 U.S. 288 (1936)
• Gibbons v. Ogden · 22 U.S. 1 (1824)
• Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. Paul · 373 U.S. 132 (1963)
• United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp. · 299 U.S. 304 (1936)
• Japan Line, Ltd. v. County of Los Angeles · 441 U.S. 434 (1979)
• Zschernig v. Miller · 389 U.S. 429 (1968)
• Charleston & Western Carolina Railway Co. v. Varnville Furniture Co. · 237 U.S. 597 (1915)
• Chy Lung v. Freeman · 92 U.S. 275 (1876)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• American Ins. Assn. v. Garamendi · 539 U.S. 396 (2003)
• Wyeth v. Levine · 555 U.S. 555 (2009)
• Chamber of Commerce of United States of America v. Whiting · 563 U.S. 582 (2011)
• Hillman v. Maretta · 569 U.S. 483 (2013)
• Zivotofsky v. Kerry · 576 U.S. 1 (2015)
• Arizona v. United States · 567 U.S. 387 (2012)
• Armstrong v. Exceptional Child Center, Inc. · 575 U.S. 320 (2015)
• Kurns v. Railroad Friction Products Corp. · 565 U.S. 625 (2012)
• Trump v. Vance · 591 U.S. 786 (2020)
• Haaland v. Brackeen · 599 U.S. 255 (2023)
• Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Assn. · 584 U.S. 453 (2018)

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