Legal Opinion
Zhang Jingrong v. Chinese Anti-Cult World Alliance
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided May 30, 2018No. 15–CV–1046PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Jack B. Weinstein, Senior United States District Judge
Table of Contents
I. Introduction...423
II. Factual Background...425
A. Case Background...425
B. Prior Opinion on FACEA...425
C. Religion and Commerce...426
III. Law...428
A. Timeliness of Constitutional Challenge...428
1. Pleading Constitutional Challenges...428
2. Leave to Amend...429
B. FACEA...429
C. Commerce Clause...432
1. Supreme Court Commerce Clause Jurisprudence...432
2. FACEA Commerce Clause Decisions...435
3. Commerce Clause and Religion...436
IV. Application of Facts to Law...438
A. Timeliness of Constitutional Challenge...438 *423B. Commerce…
2Cases cited43 opinions
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- Arbaugh v. Y & H Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 2006
- San Antonio Independent School District v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- United States v. LopezSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Everson v. Board of Ed. of EwingSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Zhang Jingrong v. Chinese Anti-Cult World Alliance Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2021
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