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A Hundred Times More
Toomer v. Witsell (1948)
Charge: Nonresident shrimp-license discriminationCourt: U.S. Supreme CourtState: South CarolinaDocket: The Fisherman's Rights
May a state charge out-of-state shrimpers a hundred times the resident license fee and make them unload at its own ports?
The facts
A state charged $25 for a shrimp-boat license if you lived there and $2,500 if you did not. The same law made every boat dock at a home-state port and unload, pack and stamp its catch before carrying it anywhere else. Five out-of-state boat owners and a dealers' group sued. The state said its beds were being stripped by outsiders and that it owned the shrimp in its waters.
You have the facts the court had. Guilty or not guilty? Call it in the game with your friends, then see what the court actually decided. Wrong call, you drink.
Citation: Toomer v. Witsell, 334 U.S. 385 (1948)
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