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D'Emden v Pedder

[1904] HCA 1; (1904) 1 CLR 91

JurisdictionAustralia

CourtHigh Court of Australia

Year1904

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Where a State law would, if valid, fetter, control or interfere with the free exercise of Commonwealth legislative or executive power, it is to that extent invalid (the doctrine of implied intergovernmental immunities); the Constitution is to be interpreted by reference to the federal structure.

Area of Law

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