Legal Opinion
Allison v. Boeing Laser Technical Services
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 10, 2012No. 10-2237PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judge.
Under a body of constitutional law applicable to federal enclaves, U.S. Const, art. I, § 8, cl. 17, state law that is adopted after the creation of the enclave generally does not apply on the enclave. A federal enclave is created when a state cedes jurisdiction over land within its borders to the federal government and Congress accepts that cession. These enclaves include numerous military bases, federal facilities, and even some national forests and parks. Federal enclave doctrine operates as a choice of law doctrine that dictates which law applies to causes of…
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