American Insurance Ass'n v. Garamendi
2003 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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American Insurance Association v. Garamendi, 539 U.S. 396 (2003), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States invalidated a California law that required any insurance company wishing to do business in the state to publish information regarding insurance policies held by persons in Europe from 1920 through 1945.[1]
Quick Facts American Insurance Association v. Garamendi, Argued April 23, 2003 Decided June 23, 2003 ...
American Insurance Association v. Garamendi | |
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Argued April 23, 2003 Decided June 23, 2003 | |
Full case name | American Insurance Association v. Garamendi |
Citations | 539 U.S. 396 (more) 123 S. Ct. 2374; 156 L. Ed. 2d 376; 2003 U.S. LEXIS 4797 |
Case history | |
Prior | Motion for summary judgment denied, 186 F. Supp. 2d 1099 (E.D. Cal. 2001), aff'd, 296 F.3d 832 (9th Cir. 2002); cert. granted, 537 U.S. 1100 (2003). |
Subsequent | Rehearing denied, 539 U.S. 982 (2003). |
Holding | |
A state statute requiring insurance companies to go public with some of their records in foreign countries in order to "facilitate Holocaust-era insurance claims" by the state's residents is unconstitutional because it interferes with the federal government's sovereignty over foreign affairs. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Souter, joined by Rehnquist, O'Connor, Kennedy, Breyer |
Dissent | Ginsburg, joined by Stevens, Scalia, Thomas |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. art. I Cal. Ins. Code Ann. §§13800-13807 (Holocaust Victim Insurance Relief Act of 1999) |
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