Supreme Court of the United States
Riegel v. Medtronic, Inc.
This writing
- Type
- Concurrence
- Filed
- Feb. 20, 2008
- Case
- Riegel v. Medtronic, Inc.
- Case status
- Decided
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Justice Stevens, concurring in part and concurring in the judgment. The significance of the pre-emption provision in the Medical Device Amendments of 1976 (MDA), 21 U. S. C. § 360k, *331was not fully appreciated until many years after it was enacted. It is an example of a statute whose text and general…
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Other writings in this case
| Type | Author | Filed |
|---|---|---|
| Opinion | Antonin Scalia | Feb. 20, 2008 |
| Opinion of the Court | Not attributed | Feb. 20, 2008 |
| Dissent | Not attributed | Feb. 20, 2008 |