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U.S. v. Faasse

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
Sep 25, 2000
227 F.3d 660 (6th Cir. 2000)
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In Faasse, Judge Batchelder, writing for a unanimous panel, ruled that the CSRA fell outside the scope of Congress' Commerce Clause authority because these provisions, which allow prosecutions in cases where the deadbeat parent resides in a different state from the child, lacked a sufficient nexus with interstate commerce to sustain jurisdiction.

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Opinion

No. 98-2337.

Submitted: June 18, 1999.

Decided and Filed: September 25, 2000.

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS CASE HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN FROM THE BOUND VOLUME AT THE REQUEST OF THE COURT. SEE: 234 F.3d 312.]

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U.S. v. Faasse

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
Sep 25, 2000
227 F.3d 660 (6th Cir. 2000)

In Faasse, Judge Batchelder, writing for a unanimous panel, ruled that the CSRA fell outside the scope of Congress' Commerce Clause authority because these provisions, which allow prosecutions in cases where the deadbeat parent resides in a different state from the child, lacked a sufficient nexus with interstate commerce to sustain jurisdiction.

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In Faase, the government argued that a failure to make child support payments is an obstruction of interstate commerce, and that Congress may regulate such conduct pursuant to its power to regulate "things in interstate commerce," i.e., the second Lopez prong.

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pointing out that under CSRA the defendant, a Michigan resident, was subject to federal criminal prosecution where Michigan's only pertinent criminal statute was rarely enforced and, in any event, did not link criminal liability to judicial child support orders

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Case details for

U.S. v. Faasse

Case Details

Full title:UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, v. TIMOTHY GORDON FAASSE…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit

Date published: Sep 25, 2000

Citations

227 F.3d 660 (6th Cir. 2000)

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