Jay Printz, Sheriff/Coroner, Ravalli County, Montana, et al. v. United States

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Jay Printz, Sheriff/Coroner, Ravalli County, Montana, et al. v. United States is the formal case title of the U.S. Supreme Court decision commonly known as Printz v. United States, which addressed the limits of federal power to compel state officials to enforce federal law.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
areaOfLaw United States federalism ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
arguedDate 1996-12-03 ⓘ
challengedStatute Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act ⓘ
citation 521 U.S. 898 ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ
Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
decisionDate 1997-06-27 ⓘ
decisionType landmark decision ⓘ
dissentingOpinionBy David H. Souter ⓘ
John Paul Stevens ⓘ
Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ
Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ
docketNumber 95-1478 ⓘ
95-1503 ⓘ
effect strengthened the anti-commandeering principle limiting federal power over states ⓘ
fullCaseName Jay Printz, Sheriff/Coroner, Ravalli County, Montana, et al. v. United States ⓘ
hasShortTitle Printz v. United States ⓘ
holding Congress may not compel state executive officers to administer or enforce a federal regulatory program ⓘ
joinedMajorityJustice Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ
Clarence Thomas ⓘ
Sandra Day O'Connor ⓘ
William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
jurisdiction Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
legalIssue Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
anti-commandeering doctrine ⓘ
federalism ⓘ
separation of powers between federal and state governments ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy Antonin Scalia ⓘ
petitioner Jay Printz ⓘ
petitionerRole Sheriff/Coroner of Ravalli County, Montana ⓘ
rearguedDate 1997-01-14 ⓘ
relatedCase Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ
New York v. United States ⓘ
relatedDoctrine New Federalism (United States) ⓘ
linked to: New Federalism
respondent United States ⓘ
subjectMatter gun control background checks ⓘ
temporary duties imposed on state and local law enforcement ⓘ
termOfCourt October Term 1996 ⓘ

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Printz v. United States → fullCaseName → Jay Printz, Sheriff/Coroner, Ravalli County, Montana, et al. v. United States ⓘ
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