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· 2/26/1986

Wisconsin Department of Industry, Labor & Human Relations v. Gould Inc.

Citations

  • 475 U.S. 282
  • 106 S. Ct. 1057
  • 89 L. Ed. 2d 223
  • 1986 U.S. LEXIS 13
  • 54 U.S.L.W. 4228
  • 121 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2737

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that a state may not prohibit state purchases from repeat labor law violators because federal law preempts labor law enforcement
  • holding that a state may not prohibit state purchases from repeat labor law violators because federal law preempts labor law enforcement
  • holding, in the Commerce Clause arena, that attempt to use spending power in a manner “tantamount to regulation” is subject to federal preemption
  • holding, in the Commerce Clause arena, that attempt to use spending power in a manner \tantamount to regulation\ is subject to federal preemption
  • emphasizing that Con gress would not have intended to allow states to interfere with the NLRA “as long as they did so through exercises of the spending power”
  • emphasizing that Congress would not have intended to allow states to interfere with the NLRA “as long as they did so through exercises of the spend- ing power”

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Judges: Blackmun

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