Does a state cause of action have to be a federal pre-emption?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska Natural Gas, Matter of, 147 Cal.Rptr. 410, 82 Cal.App.3d 689 (Cal. App. 1978):
14 These cases also illustrate the rule that "the general applicability of a state cause of action is not sufficient to exempt it from pre-emption." (Farmer v. Carpenters (1977) 430 U.S. 290, 300, 97 S.Ct. 1056, 1063, 51 L.Ed.2d 338.)
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