Legal Opinion
United States v. Massachusetts
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 21, 2007No. 06-2361, 06-2362PublishedCited by 151 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
The states and the federal government have ongoing conflicts about the adequacy of federal laws protecting against maritime oil spills. Several states, including Massachusetts, have passed laws to protect particularly sensitive waterways. The framework for analyzing such conflicts derives from the several preemption analyses set forth in United States v. Locke, 529 U.S. 89, 120 S.Ct. 1135, 146 L.Ed.2d 69 (2000), and Ray v. Atlantic Richfield Co., 435 U.S. 151, 98 S.Ct. 988, 55 L.Ed.2d 179 (1978). In short, depending on the nature of state and federal regulations, either…
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