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· 10/15/1928

Foster-Fountain Packing Co. v. Haydel

Citations

  • 278 U.S. 1
  • 49 S. Ct. 1
  • 73 L. Ed. 147
  • 1928 U.S. LEXIS 1

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • stating that a Commerce Clause violation would occur if the state statute would \directly ... obstruct and burden interstate commerce\
  • stating that a Commerce Clause violation would occur if the state statute would “directly . . . obstruct and burden interstate commerce”
  • noting that the \state has initial authority to regulate the taking of fish and game\
  • stating that “by permitting its shrimp to be taken and ... shipped and sold in interstate commerce, the state necessarily releases its hold”
  • striking down a Louisiana statute that forbade shrimp to be exported unless the heads and hulls had first been removed within the State
  • striking down a Louisiana statute that forbade shrimp to be exported unless the heads and hulls had first been removed within the State

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Judges: Butler, McReynolds

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