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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Target entity: Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association (2018) Context triple: [New York v. United States (1992), laterCitedIn, Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association (2018)]
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Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin is a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that challenged the constitutionality of race-conscious admissions policies at public universities under the Equal Protection Clause.
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Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe
Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe is a 2000 U.S. Supreme Court case that held student-led, student-initiated prayer at public school football games unconstitutional under the Establishment Clause.
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Milliken v. Bradley
Milliken v. Bradley is a landmark 1974 U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited the scope of school desegregation remedies by ruling that courts could not impose cross-district busing plans absent proof of interdistrict segregation.
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Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association (2018) Target entity description: 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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A.
Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin
Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin is a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that challenged the constitutionality of race-conscious admissions policies at public universities under the Equal Protection Clause.
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B.
Dartmouth College v. Woodward
Dartmouth College v. Woodward is an 1819 U.S. Supreme Court case that established the protection of corporate charters as contracts under the Constitution, limiting states’ power to alter them.
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C.
Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe
Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe is a 2000 U.S. Supreme Court case that held student-led, student-initiated prayer at public school football games unconstitutional under the Establishment Clause.
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D.
Milliken v. Bradley
Milliken v. Bradley is a landmark 1974 U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited the scope of school desegregation remedies by ruling that courts could not impose cross-district busing plans absent proof of interdistrict segregation.
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E.
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke is a landmark 1978 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down rigid racial quotas in university admissions while upholding the constitutionality of using race as one factor among many to foster diversity.
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Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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landmark decision ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Murphy v. NCAA
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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.
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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
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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
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linked to:
Phil Murphy
State of New Jersey ⓘ
linked to:
New Jersey, United States
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| proceduralHistory |
New Jersey’s 2014 law partially repealing prohibitions on sports wagering was enjoined by lower federal courts under PASPA.
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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)
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Printz v. United States (1997) ⓘ
linked to:
Printz v. United States
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| replacedParty | Chris Christie ⓘ |
| respondent |
National Basketball Association
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National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ National Football League ⓘ National Hockey League ⓘ Office of the Commissioner of Baseball ⓘ
linked to:
MLB Commissioner’s Office
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| 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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Subject: Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association (2018) Description of subject: 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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