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United States v. Lopez

Is it still good law? What later courts have actually done to this case.

Criticized by some courts
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Citation
514 U.S. 549
Decided
Confirmed treatments
1
Flagged citations read
200 of 200
Citing cases (total)
3,026
Treatment dates
1999
Criticized by some courts
At least one reviewed court has criticized this case’s reasoning. No reviewed court has overruled it. United States v. Lopez remains good law, with one confirmed criticism. All 200 flagged citations have been read, and the one confirmed treatment is listed below.
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3,026 later cases cite United States v. Lopez; 200 of those citations sat close to treatment language and were flagged for reading, and all of them have been read. Citations that did not sit near treatment language were not flagged and were not read one by one, so a court that weakened this case without using any of that language would not appear here.

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Treatments

Criticized

  • The D.C. Circuit criticized Lopez for not clearly stating how to determine whether legislation breaks from a longstanding regulatory pattern.

    Navegar, Inc. v. United States · D.C. Circuit · filed

    True, the Supreme Court’s opinion in Lopez does not speak with sharpness or clarity in laying down a test for determining if a statute represents a break with a long-standing pattern of prior legislation.
    Read the full opinion on CourtListener →

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