Legal Opinion
Chamber of Commerce of United States v. Brown
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 19, 2008No. 06-939PublishedCited by 123 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stevens
A California statute known as “Assembly Bill 1889” (AB 1889) prohibits several classes of employers that receive state funds from using the funds “to assist, promote, or deter union organizing.” See Cal. Govt. Code Ann. §§ 16645-16649 (West Supp. 2008). The question presented to us is whether two of its provisions—§ 16645.2, applicable to grant recipients, and § 16645.7, applicable to private employers receiving more than $10,000 in program funds in any year— are pre-empted by federal law mandating that certain zones of labor activity be unregulated.
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As set forth in the preamble, the State of…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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