· 8/19/2003
South Dakota Farm Bureau, Inc. v. Hazeltine
Citations
- 340 F.3d 583
- 2003 WL 21961138
How courts have described this case
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- holding that imminent loss of business as result of enforcement of contested state constitutional amendment satisfied injury-in-fact requirement of standing
- explaining that where a state constitutional amendment is motivated by a discriminatory purpose, the amendment must be stricken down as unconstitutional unless the state can demonstrate it has “no other method by which to advance [its] legitimate local interests”
- considering a wide range of evidence with respect to the issue of purpose arising out of a dormant Commerce Clause challenge to a state constitutional amendment passed by referendum that prohibited corporations owning farm land
- considering a wide range of evidence with respect to the issue of purpose arising out of a dormant Commerce Clause challenge to a state constitutional amendment passed by referendum that prohibited corporations owning farm land
- considering a wide range of evidence with respect to the issue of purpose arising out of a dormant Commerce Clause challenge to a state constitutional amendment passed by referendum that prohibited corporations owning farm land
- reviewing meeting notes and materials to determine whether a discriminatory intent existed
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Judges: Bowman, Fagg, Arnold
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