Alliance of Auto. Mfrs. v. Gwadosky

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• noting that the \core purpose\ of the dormant Commerce Clause is \to prevent states and their political subdivisions from promulgating protectionist policies\ (quotation marks and citation omitted)
• upholding summary judgment when plaintiff “offered only prognostications woven from the gossamer strands of speculation and surmise, unaccompanied by any significantly probative evidence” of a discriminatory effect on commerce
• questioning whether a sole showing of discriminatory intent would \invariably suffice\ to invalidate a statute under the Commerce Clause
• finding on summary judgment that a proponent of a dormant Commerce Clause claim must offer evidence that is “significantly probative” and not based on “speculation and surmise”
• rejecting dormant Commerce Clause challenge to Maine law prohibiting motor vehicle manufacturers from “adding state-specific surcharges to wholesale motor vehicle prices in order to recoup the costs of their compliance with [state] retail-reimbursement laws”
• rejecting dormant Commerce Clause challenge to Maine law prohibiting motor vehicle manufacturers from \adding state-specific surcharges to wholesale motor vehicle prices in order to recoup the costs of their compliance with [state] retail-reimbursement laws\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).