Sabine Consolidated, Inc. v. State

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• stating that OSHA penalty provisions “are not designed to cover a broad range of criminal conduct ... [and] “[w]hereas OSHA standards apply only to specific hazards in the workplace, criminal law reaches to regulate conduct in society in general”
• considering plaintiffs’ claim that federal Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 preempts state of Texas from prosecuting them under state law for criminally negligent homicide
• “The doctrine of preemption is based upon the supremacy clause of the United States Constitution, Article VI, cl. 2, which invalidates state laws that ‘interfere with, or are contrary to,’ federal law. (quoting Gibbons v. Ogden, 22 U.S. 1, 82 (1824))
• “The doctrine of preemption is based upon the supremacy clause of the United States Constitution, Article VI, cl. 2, which invalidates state laws that ‘interfere with, or are contrary to,’ federal law. (quoting Gibbons v. Ogden, 22 U.S. 1, 82 (1824))

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