Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association (2018)

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Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association (2018) is a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down the federal ban on state-authorized sports gambling, significantly expanding states’ rights under the anti-commandeering doctrine.

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instanceOf United States Supreme Court case
landmark decision
alsoKnownAs Murphy v. NCAA
Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Assn.
arguedOn December 4, 2017
challengedStatute Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act
challengedStatuteAbbreviation PASPA
citation 584 U.S. ___ (2018)
concerns Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
federalism
state-authorized sports gambling
court Supreme Court of the United States
decidedOn May 14, 2018
dissentingOpinionBy Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Sonia Sotomayor
docketNumber No. 16-476
effect Allowed individual U.S. states to legalize and regulate sports betting.
Significantly expanded states’ rights under the anti-commandeering doctrine.
holding Congress cannot issue direct orders to state legislatures to maintain prohibitions on sports gambling.
PASPA’s provision prohibiting state authorization of sports gambling is not severable from the rest of the statute.
The Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act’s provisions prohibiting state authorization of sports gambling schemes violate the anti-commandeering rule of the Tenth Amendment.
jurisdiction United States federal law
legalIssue constitutionality of the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act
scope of the anti-commandeering doctrine
locationOfCourt Washington, D.C.
majorityJoinedBy Anthony M. Kennedy
Clarence Thomas
Elena Kagan
John G. Roberts Jr.
Neil M. Gorsuch
majorityOpinionBy Samuel A. Alito Jr.
originatedFrom Christie v. National Collegiate Athletic Association
partlyJoinedBy Stephen G. Breyer
petitioner Philip D. Murphy
linked to: Phil Murphy

State of New Jersey
proceduralHistory New Jersey’s 2014 law partially repealing prohibitions on sports wagering was enjoined by lower federal courts under PASPA.
The Supreme Court granted certiorari to review the Third Circuit’s decision.
linked to: supreme court

The Third Circuit Court of Appeals upheld PASPA and the injunction against New Jersey’s law.
relatedDoctrine anti-commandeering doctrine
relatedPrecedent New York v. United States (1992)
Printz v. United States (1997)
replacedParty Chris Christie
respondent National Basketball Association
National Collegiate Athletic Association
National Football League
National Hockey League
Office of the Commissioner of Baseball
United States
result PASPA was struck down as unconstitutional.
subjectMatter sports betting regulation in the United States
vote 6–3 on the core anti-commandeering question

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New York v. United States (1992) laterCitedIn Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association (2018)
Printz v. United States citedIn Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association alsoKnownAs Murphy v. NCAA
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Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association alsoKnownAs Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Assn.
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Jay Printz, Sheriff/Coroner, Ravalli County, Montana, et al. v. United States relatedCase Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Christie v. National Collegiate Athletic Association relatedCase Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act constitutionalChallenge Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act overturnedBy Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association
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PASPA challengedInCase Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association
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PASPA caseCitationStrikingDown Murphy v. NCAA, 584 U.S. ___ (2018)
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The Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act’s provisions prohibiting state authorization of sports gambling schemes violate the anti-commandeering rule of the Tenth Amendment decidedInCase Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association
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PASPA was struck down as unconstitutional refersTo Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association
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PASPA was struck down as unconstitutional caseName Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association
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anti-commandeering doctrine articulatedIn Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association (2018)
anti-commandeering doctrine clarifiedIn Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association (2018)
anti-commandeering doctrine hasKeyCase Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association (2018)