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Alaska v. Arctic Maid, 366 U.S. 199 (1961)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Alaska v. Arctic Maid, 366 U.S. 199 (1961)
Alaska v. Arctic Maid No. 106 Argued March 23, 1961 Decided May 1, 1961 366 U.S. 199
CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Syllabus
Respondents use freezer ships for the taking and preservation of salmon along Alaska’s shores. The salmon are caught in the waters off the coast of Alaska by boats which respondents own or have under contract and by independent fishermen who sell salmon to respondents. The salmon are frozen when received aboard the freezer ships, and eventually they are taken to the State of Washington, where they are canned. On the business of operating such freezer ships, Alaska levies a tax of 4% of the value of the salmon.
Held:
1. As applied to salmon taken in Alaska’s territorial waters, the tax is not invalid as a burden on interstate commerce in violation of Art. I, § 8 of the Constitution. Pp. 199-204.
2. Though this tax does not apply to salmon caught and frozen for canning in Alaska, it is not invalid as discriminatory, since Alaskan canneries pay a 6% tax on the value of salmon obtained for canning. Pp. 204-205.
277 F.2d 120, reversed.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Alaska v. Arctic Maid, 366 U.S. 199 (1961) in 366 U.S. 199 Original Sources, accessed November 24, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=XN7SWAHQE6N7L7D.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Alaska v. Arctic Maid, 366 U.S. 199 (1961), in 366 U.S. 199, Original Sources. 24 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=XN7SWAHQE6N7L7D.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Alaska v. Arctic Maid, 366 U.S. 199 (1961). cited in 1961, 366 U.S. 199. Original Sources, retrieved 24 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=XN7SWAHQE6N7L7D.
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