Farina v. Nokia, Inc.
Petition for certiorari denied on October 3, 2011
Issue: (1) Whether a regulation based on authority conferred by a statute that explicitly disclaims any implied preemptive effect can impliedly preempt state law on a "frustration of purpose" theory of preemption; and (2) whether an agency's National Environmental Policy Act regulation, which imposes no substantive requirements, may preempt substantive state health, safety, or consumer-protection laws.
SCOTUSblog Coverage
- Petition of the day (Kiran Bhat, April 25, 2011)
Briefs and Documents
Certiorari-stage documents
- Opinion below (3d Circuit)
- Petition for certiorari
- Brief in opposition
- Amicus brief of the Constitutional Accountability Center
- Petitioner's reply
- Petitioner's supplemental brief
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