College Savings Bank v. Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board

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United States Supreme Court case legal case

College Savings Bank v. Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board is a 1999 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited Congress’s ability to abrogate state sovereign immunity under the Commerce Clause, holding that states cannot be sued for false advertising under federal law without their consent.

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Label	Occurrences
College Savings Bank v. Florida Prepaid	1
College Savings Bank v. Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board canonical	1
Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board v. College Savings Bank	1

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Target entity: College Savings Bank v. Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board
Context triple: [United States sovereign immunity law, keyCase, College Savings Bank v. Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board]

A. Northeast Bancorp, Inc. v. Board of Governors
Northeast Bancorp, Inc. v. Board of Governors is a 1985 U.S. Supreme Court case that addressed whether regional interstate banking compacts among states violated the Constitution’s Compact Clause and related federal banking laws.
B. Zelman v. Simmons-Harris
Zelman v. Simmons-Harris is a 2002 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld a school voucher program, ruling that public funds could be used for tuition at religious schools without violating the Establishment Clause.
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.
D. Agostini v. Felton
Agostini v. Felton is a 1997 U.S. Supreme Court case that reshaped Establishment Clause doctrine by allowing public school teachers to provide remedial instruction in religious schools under certain safeguards.
E. Plyler v. Doe
Plyler v. Doe is a 1982 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held states cannot deny free public education to children based on their immigration status, recognizing such exclusion as a violation of the Equal Protection Clause.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: College Savings Bank v. Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board
Target entity description: College Savings Bank v. Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board is a 1999 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited Congress’s ability to abrogate state sovereign immunity under the Commerce Clause, holding that states cannot be sued for false advertising under federal law without their consent.

A. Northeast Bancorp, Inc. v. Board of Governors
Northeast Bancorp, Inc. v. Board of Governors is a 1985 U.S. Supreme Court case that addressed whether regional interstate banking compacts among states violated the Constitution’s Compact Clause and related federal banking laws.
B. Zelman v. Simmons-Harris
Zelman v. Simmons-Harris is a 2002 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld a school voucher program, ruling that public funds could be used for tuition at religious schools without violating the Establishment Clause.
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.
D. Agostini v. Felton
Agostini v. Felton is a 1997 U.S. Supreme Court case that reshaped Establishment Clause doctrine by allowing public school teachers to provide remedial instruction in religious schools under certain safeguards.
E. Plyler v. Doe
Plyler v. Doe is a 1982 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held states cannot deny free public education to children based on their immigration status, recognizing such exclusion as a violation of the Equal Protection Clause.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Supreme Court case ⓘ legal case ⓘ
areaOfLaw	constitutional law ⓘ federal courts ⓘ intellectual property law ⓘ
citation	119 S. Ct. 2219 ⓘ 144 L. Ed. 2d 605 ⓘ 527 U.S. 666 ⓘ
clarified	limits on congressional abrogation of state immunity under Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment in relation to Article I powers ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInvolved	Article I Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ linked to: Interstate Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate	1999-06-23 ⓘ
dissentingOpinionBy	David H. Souter ⓘ John Paul Stevens ⓘ Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ
docketNumber	98-149 ⓘ
doctrineApplied	sovereign immunity of states ⓘ
holding	Congress may not use its Article I Commerce Clause power to abrogate state sovereign immunity from suit in federal court ⓘ States cannot be sued for false advertising under the Lanham Act without their consent ⓘ
impact	limited Congress’s ability to subject nonconsenting states to private suits under Article I powers ⓘ reinforced the doctrine of state sovereign immunity in federal courts ⓘ
joinedByInMajority	Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ Clarence Thomas ⓘ Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal question jurisdiction ⓘ
legalIssue	Commerce Clause power of Congress ⓘ abrogation of state sovereign immunity ⓘ false advertising under federal law ⓘ state sovereign immunity ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy	Antonin Scalia ⓘ
partyTypeOfRespondent	state agency of Florida ⓘ
petitioner	College Savings Bank ⓘ
relatedCase	Alden v. Maine ⓘ Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board v. College Savings Bank ⓘ linked to: College Savings Bank v. Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida ⓘ
respondent	Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board ⓘ
result	judgment for Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board ⓘ
shortName	College Savings Bank v. Florida Prepaid ⓘ linked to: College Savings Bank v. Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board
statuteInvolved	Lanham Act ⓘ linked to: Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act) provisions
subjectMatter	federal false advertising claims against a state entity ⓘ federal intellectual property–related claims ⓘ
term	October Term 1998 ⓘ
yearDecided	1999 ⓘ

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United States sovereign immunity law → keyCase → College Savings Bank v. Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board ⓘ

College Savings Bank v. Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board → relatedCase → Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board v. College Savings Bank ⓘ

linked to: College Savings Bank v. Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board

College Savings Bank v. Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board → shortName → College Savings Bank v. Florida Prepaid ⓘ