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Supreme Court· 5/25/1959

Bibb v. Navajo Freight Lines, Inc.

Citations

  • 359 U.S. 520
  • 79 S. Ct. 962
  • 3 L. Ed. 2d 1003
  • 1959 U.S. LEXIS 1777

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  • holding that an exercise by the state of its police power is presumed to be valid when it is challenged under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
  • concerning regulation inimical to the orderly movement of good across state lines
  • \This is one of those cases—few in number—where local safety measures that are nondiscriminatory place an unconstitutional burden on interstate commerce.\
  • \The various exercises by the States of their police power... are entitled to the same presumption of validity when challenged under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.\
  • state regulation furthering public safety, but burdening commerce held permissible

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Judges: Douglas, Harlan, Stewart

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