Federal Preemption & Commerce Clause

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McShannock v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, NA

August 12, 2019

U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief in support of reversal of District Court’s judgment that Home Owners’ Loan Act does not preempt application of state laws and regulations to loans...

Mayor & City of Baltimore v. BP PLC

August 2, 2019

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief in public-nuisance case against energy companies urging Fourth Circuit to reverse district court’s remand order and accept federal jurisdiction.

Interpipe Contracting, Inc. v. Becerra

June 24, 2019

Supreme Court declines cert. petition challenging California statute favoring pro-union speech for violating both the National Labor Relations Act and the First Amendment. The U.S. Chamber filed...

Airline Service Providers Association v. Los Angeles World Airports

June 24, 2019

Supreme Court declines cert. petition regarding Ninth Circuit’s erroneous and overly expansive conception of the market-participant exception to preemption. The U.S. Chamber filed an amicus brief...

Associated Builders & Contractors of California Cooperation Committee, Inc. v. Becerra

June 24, 2019

Supreme Court declines cert. petition challenging California statute favoring pro-union speech for violating both the National Labor Relations Act and the First Amendment. The U.S. Chamber filed...

PDR Network, LLC, et al. v. Carlton & Harris Chiropractic, Inc.

June 20, 2019

Supreme Court avoids resolving question about a district court’s power to determine the legality of an agency regulation subject to judicial review in a court of appeals under the Hobbs Act. The...

Virginia Uranium, Inc. v. Warren

June 17, 2019

Supreme Court holds that the federal Atomic Energy Act does not preempt Virginia’s ban on uranium mining. The Chamber urged the Court to take up this case at the cert stage and also filed a brief...

Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Christian

June 10, 2019

Supreme Court grants cert. petition concerning federal preemption of state environmental remedies under CERCLA. The U.S. Chamber led a coalition amicus brief urging the Court to take this case. ...

Parker Drilling Management Services, Ltd. v. Newton

June 10, 2019

Supreme Court unanimously agrees with U.S. Chamber that state wage-and-hour laws don’t apply to drilling rigs on the outer continental shelf. The U.S. Chamber filed an amicus brief at the cert....

Kansas v. Garcia

May 31, 2019

U.S. Chamber files merits-stage amicus brief urging U.S. Supreme Court to hold that any presumption against preemption should not be applied to the interpretation of express preemption provisions...