Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board v. College Savings Bank
1999 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board v. College Savings Bank, 527 U.S. 627 (1999), was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States relating to the doctrine of sovereign immunity.
Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board v. College Savings Bank | |
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Argued April 20, 1999 Decided June 23, 1999 | |
Full case name | Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board v. College Savings Bank and United States |
Citations | 527 U.S. 627 (more) 119 S. Ct. 2199; 144 L. Ed. 2d 575; 67 U.S.L.W. 3683; 67 U.S.L.W. 4580; 135 Ed. Law Rep. 342; 51 U.S.P.Q.2d 1081; 99 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 4945; 1999 Daily Journal D.A.R. 6371; 1999 CJ C.A.R. 3688; 12 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 458 |
Case history | |
Prior | 148 F.3d 1343 (Fed. Cir. 1998) |
Holding | |
The Patent and Plant Variety Protection Remedy Clarification Act did not constitutionally abrogate the states' sovereign immunity. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Rehnquist, joined by O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas |
Dissent | Stevens, joined by Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer |
Laws applied | |
Patent Clause, Commerce Clause, U.S. Const. amend. XI, U.S. Const. amend. XIV |
Florida Prepaid was a companion case to the similarly named (but not to be confused) College Savings Bank v. Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board, 527 U.S. 666 (1999). Where College Savings Bank was an action brought under the Lanham Act, Florida Prepaid was a concurrent action brought under the Patent and Plant Variety Protection Remedy Clarification Act. Although it was unnecessary to reach the question of whether Congress had validly abrogated Florida's sovereign immunity in College Savings Bank, the question was unavoidable in Florida Prepaid.