UIC Law Review Volume 34 Issue 3 Article 6 Spring 2001 In the Wake of Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council: The Impact Upon Selective Purchasing Legislation Throughout the United States, 34 J. Marshall L. Rev. 827 (2001) Ako Miyaki-Murphy Follow this and additional works at: https://repository.law.uic.edu/lawreview Part of the Business Organizations Law Commons, Constitutional Law Commons, Courts Commons, Human Rights Law Commons, Jurisdiction Commons, Jurisprudence Commons, Legislation Commons, and the State and Local Government Law Commons Recommended Citation Ako Miyaki-Murphy, In the Wake of Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council: The Impact Upon Selective Purchasing Legislation Throughout the United States, 34 J. Marshall L. Rev. 827 (2001) https://repository.law.uic.edu/lawreview/vol34/iss3/6 This Comments is brought to you for free and open access by UIC Law Open Access Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in UIC Law Review by an authorized administrator of UIC Law Open Access Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. IN THE WAKE OF CROSBY V. NATIONAL FOREIGN TRADE COUNCIL: THE IMPACT UPON SELECTIVE PURCHASING LEGISLATION THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AKo MIYAKI-MURPHY* "If we are to be one nation in any respect, it clearly ought to be in respect to other nations." ' INTRODUCTION On June 19, 2000, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council, struck down a Massachusetts statute restricting its state entities from purchasing goods or services from any company doing