Re: preemption

From: Lynn Winebarger <owinebar[_at_]free-expression.org>
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 13:06:31 -0500 (EST)

On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, Steven D. Jamar <sjamar[_at_]law.howard.edu> wrote:
>
> In a conflict between state law and federal law, the state law would
> clearly be preempted under the supremacy clause regardless of any
> statutory preemption. There is always the problem of what is a
> conflict. For example, a state copyright law may well not conflict
> with federal law. But a state copyright law covering the same subject
> matter as the federal law would be statutorily preempted.

    Could you give an (hypothetical) example of what you mean by the last 2 sentences?

Lynn

Lynn Winebarger
<owinebar[_at_]free-expression.org> Received on Thu Oct 28 1999 - 18:05:19 GMT

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