Legal Opinion
Chateau Foghorn LP v. Hosford
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided August 28, 2017No. 73/16PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGetty, J.
“The Government of the United States, ... though limited in its powers, is supreme; and its laws, when made in pursuance of the Constitution, form the supreme law of the land[.]”
Chief Justice John Marshall, McCulloch v. Maryland, 17 U.S. 316, 406, 4 Wheat. 316, 4 L.Ed. 579 (1819).
“[Bjecause the States are independent sovereigns in our federal system, we have long presumed that Congress does not cavalierly pre-empt state-law causes of action. In all preemption cases, and particularly in those in which Congress has legislated ... in a field which the States have traditionally occupied, we start…
2Cases cited54 opinions
- M'culloch v. State of MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
- Cort v. AshSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Rice v. Santa Fe Elevator Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Medtronic, Inc. v. LohrSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- Loretto v. Teleprompter Manhattan CATV Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by21 opinions
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