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· 6/22/1978

Hicklin v. Orbeck

Citations

  • 437 U.S. 518
  • 98 S. Ct. 2482
  • 57 L. Ed. 2d 397
  • 1978 U.S. LEXIS 36
  • 17 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 8375

How courts have described this case

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  • referring to \mutually reinforcing relationship\ of Privileges and Immunities Clause, U.S. Const, art. IV, § 2, cl. 1, and Commerce Clause
  • Commerce Clause circumscribes a State’s ability to prefer its own citizens in the utilization of “natural resources ... destined for interstate commerce ”
  • Commerce Clause circumscribes a State's ability to prefer its own citizens in the utilization of \natural resources ... destined for interstate commerce \
  • Alaska could not require preferential hiring of residents over nonresidents in oil or gas exploration and development agreements
  • “[T]he discrimination the [statute] works against nonresidents does not bear a substantial relationship to the particular ‘evil’ they are said to present.”
  • The United States Supreme Court invalidated the residency requirement portion of the “Alaska Hire” law but did not express its opinion on the appropriateness of the criteria employed to establish residence in a case where such a classification is proper.

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Judges: Brennan

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