Legal Opinion
State of Wyoming v. Livingston
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided April 6, 2006No. 04-8085, 04-8087PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCONNELL, Circuit Judge.
This case involves a seldom-litigated corner of the constitutional law of federalism known as Supremacy Clause immunity. Supremacy Clause immunity governs the extent to which states may impose civil or criminal liability on federal officials for alleged violations of state law committed in the course of their federal duties. These disputes permit of no easy answers, because while state criminal law provides an important check against abuse of power by federal officials, the supremacy of federal law precludes the use of state prosecutorial power to frustrate the…
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