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Geier v. American Honda Motor Company 529 U.S. 861 (2000) was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a federal automobile safety standard pre-empted a stricter state rule. The Court held that Alexis Geier who suffered severe injuries in a 1987 Honda Accord could not sue Honda for failing to install a driver-side airbag—a requirement under District of Columbia tort law but not Federal law—because Federal law pre-empted the District’s rule.