Interpipe Contracting, Inc. v. Becerra’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “While the NLRA contains no express preemption provision, two categories of state action are implicitly preempted: (1) laws that regulate conduct that is either protected or prohibited by the NLRA ( Garmon preemption), and (2) laws that regulate in an area Congress intended to leave unregulated or 'controlled by the free play of economic forces' ( [ Lodge 76, Intern. Ass'n of ] Machinists [ and Aerospace Workers, AFL-CIO v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission , 427 U.S. 132 , 96 S.Ct. 2548 , 49 L.Ed.2d 396 (1976) ] preemption).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 367 F. Supp. 3d 1131 - Sarmiento v. Sealy, Inc.

2. “must contain sufficient factual matter, accepted as true, to 'state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face.' " Ashcroft v. Iqbal , 556 U.S. 662 , 678, 129 S.Ct. 1937 , 173 L.Ed.2d 868 (2009) (quoting Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly , 550 U.S. 544 , 570, 127 S.Ct. 1955 , 167 L.Ed.2d 929 (2007) ). We will thus "affirm a dismissal for failure to state a claim where there is no cognizable legal theory or an absence of sufficient facts alleged to support a cognizable legal theory.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Depot, Inc. v. Caring for Montanans, Inc.

3. “But while the First Amendment protects the right of an individual to express herself through the medium of finance, it does not establish a free-floating right to receive the funds necessary to broadcast one's speech.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Schickel v. Dilger