College Savings Bank v. Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board
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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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| College Savings Bank v. Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5099975 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 |
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| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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legal case ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
constitutional law
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federal courts ⓘ intellectual property law ⓘ |
| citation |
119 S. Ct. 2219
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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
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Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1999-06-23 ⓘ |
| dissentingOpinionBy |
David H. Souter
NERFINISHED
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John Paul Stevens NERFINISHED ⓘ Ruth Bader Ginsburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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
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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
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reinforced the doctrine of state sovereign immunity in federal courts ⓘ |
| joinedByInMajority |
Anthony M. Kennedy
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Clarence Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ Sandra Day O’Connor NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephen G. Breyer NERFINISHED ⓘ William H. Rehnquist NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | federal question jurisdiction ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
Commerce Clause power of Congress
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abrogation of state sovereign immunity ⓘ false advertising under federal law ⓘ state sovereign immunity ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy | Antonin Scalia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partyTypeOfRespondent | state agency of Florida ⓘ |
| petitioner | College Savings Bank NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedCase |
Alden v. Maine
NERFINISHED
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Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board v. College Savings Bank NERFINISHED ⓘ Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| respondent | Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result | judgment for Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board ⓘ |
| shortName | College Savings Bank v. Florida Prepaid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| statuteInvolved | Lanham Act NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
federal false advertising claims against a state entity
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federal intellectual property–related claims ⓘ |
| term | October Term 1998 ⓘ |
| yearDecided | 1999 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: College Savings Bank v. Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
United States sovereign immunity law
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keyCase
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College Savings Bank v. Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board
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