Legal Opinion
Associated Industries of Massachusetts v. Snow
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 15, 1990No. Nos. 89-1775, 89-1798PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge.
These appeals involve the interplay between a state’s exercise of its police powers and the federal government’s regulation of occupational safety and health issues. They arise from a final summary judgment upholding most of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ asbestos abatement statute and regulations (the Massachusetts standards) 1 against a federal preemption challenge brought by the Associated Industries of Massachusetts (AIM). Plaintiff-appellant AIM claims that the Massachusetts standards are preempted by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Rice v. Santa Fe Elevator Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. PaulSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Fidelity Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. De La CuestaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Jones v. Rath Packing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Hillsborough County v. Automated Medical Laboratories, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
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- Gade v. National Solid Wastes Management Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Pedraza v. Shell Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1991
- United States v. Collazo-AponteCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2000
- United States v. PachecoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2006
- In Re Newport Offshore Ltd.United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Rhode Island · 1998
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