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· 10/7/1994

Commonwealth v. College Pro Painters (U.S.) Ltd.

Citations

  • 640 N.E.2d 777
  • 418 Mass. 726
  • 16 OSHC (BNA) 2070
  • 1994 Mass. LEXIS 554

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that, to avoid preemption of its regulations, state must only regulate those areas in which corresponding federal law “has remained silent”
  • preemption where Massachusetts regulation requiring licensing of riggers and posting of rigger’s license at work sites reached conduct governed by OSHA standard
  • “The touchstone of preemption is congressional intent”
  • “The touchstone of preemption is congressional intent”

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Judges: Liacos, Abrams, Nolan, Lynch

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