Nina Michael v. Shiley, Inc. Hospital Products Group, Inc., (Formerly Howmedica, Inc.) Pfizer, Inc

U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · Decided 1995-02-07

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OPINION OF THE COURT GARTH, Circuit Judge: This appeal requires that we determine how the Medical Devices Amendments of 1976, which amended the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act of 1938, 21 U.S.C. § 360 -360rr, allocates authority between the states and the Food and Drug Administration. To be precise, we must decide whether 21 U.S.C. § 360k pre-empts Nina Michael’s state law…

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