National Foreign Trade Council v. Natsios

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• pointing to the dangers posed by state action affecting foreign commerce to the nation’s “ability to speak with one voice”
• finding that the Massachu setts Burma Law, which restricted the ability of Massachusetts and its agencies from purchasing goods or services from companies that did business with Burma (Myanmar), was unconstitutional, in part, as a “threat to [the] federal foreign affairs power”
• “[T]here is simply no indication, in *** any *** post-Zscher-nig case, that Zschemig is not good law and is not binding on us.”
• “We have repeatedly held that arguments raised only in a footnote or in a perfunctory manner are waived.” (collecting cases)
• Massachusetts law that conditioned state procurement decisions on conduct occurring in Burma violated foreign Commerce Clause by attempting to control conduct beyond state borders
• “Even where they exist, strong state interests do not make an otherwise unconstitutional law constitutional.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).