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Supreme Court· 4/30/1877

McCready v. Virginia

Citations

  • 94 U.S. 391
  • 24 L. Ed. 248
  • 1876 U.S. LEXIS 1875

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding a state law prohibiting nonresidents from planting oysters in a riverbed owned by the state did not violate the Privileges and Immunities Clause
  • upholding a state statute that prohibited non- state citizens from planting oysters in tidal lands
  • upholding a state statute that prohibited non-state citizens from planting oysters in tidal lands
  • \There has been . . . no . . . grant of power over the fisheries [to the United States]. These remain under the exclusive control of the State. . .\
  • “There has been . . . no . . . grant of power over the fisheries [to the United States]. These remain under the exclusive control of the State . . .”
  • restrictions on oyster harvesting permitted under concept of state authority to regulate public waters

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Judges: Waite

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