field preemption
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From 331 U.S. 218 - Rice v. Santa Fe Elevator Corp. · 1947Most cited · 5,363 citing opinions
The test, therefore, is whether the matter on which the State asserts the right to act is in any way regulated by the Federal Act. If it is, the federal scheme prevails though it is a more modest, less pervasive regulatory plan than that of the State.