Reading Room Document

Immunity of Smithsonian Institution From State Insurance Laws

The federal government immunity arising from the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution renders the Smithsonian Institution constitutionally immune from state insurance laws and state licensing requirements that would otherwise apply to its issuance of gift annuities. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/file/19821/download.

April 25, 1997