Barnett Bank of Marion County, N. A. v. Nelson

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1996-03-26

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Justice Breyer delivered the opinion of the Court.. The question in this case is whether a federal statute that permits national banks to sell insurance in small towns preempts a state statute that forbids them to do so. To answer this question, we must consider both ordinary pre-emption principles, and also a special federal anti-pre-emption rule, which provi…

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