Reno v. Condon

Congress passed the Driver's Privacy Protection Act (DPPA) in 1994 to stop state Departments of Motor Vehicles (DMVs) from selling drivers' personal information to private entities without consent, after states had been profiting from selling this information obtained through the licensing process. South Carolina and its Attorney General, Condon (plaintiff), sued the United States and Attorney General Reno (defendant), arguing the DPPA violated the Tenth and Eleventh Amendments by improperly commandeering state functions. The district court and court of appeals both sided with Condon, and Reno appealed to the Supreme Court.