The Arc of Iowa v. Kimberly Reynolds

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How courts have described this case

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• holding that although motor vehicle standards are \minimum\ in that a manufacturer may make a vehicle safer than required, standards are not \minimum\ in relation to preempted state law
• discussing the “general reluctance ... to follow a savings clause if state law will actually conflict with a federal regulatory scheme”
• discussing occupant protection standard which, “[b]y requiring seat belts or passive restraints, ... has elements of a design standard”
• finding preempted negligence lawsuit for failure to install automobile air bag where claim would interfere with Congress' scheme to subordinate the states' role in establishing safety standards where pertinent federal standard exists
• \The difficulty arises because section 1392(d) (the preemption clause) and section 1397(c) (the savings clause) send conflicting messages in these particular circumstances.\
• “The difficulty arises because section 1392(d) (the preemption clause) and section 1397(c) (the savings clause) send conflicting messages in these particular circumstances.”

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