South-Central Timber Development, Inc. v. Wunnicke, Commissioner, Dept. of Natural Resources of Alaska

467 U.S. 82, 104 S. Ct. 2237 (1984)

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South-Central Timber Development, Inc. v. Wunnicke, Commissioner, Dept. of Natural Resources of Alaska

United States Supreme Court
467 U.S. 82, 104 S. Ct. 2237 (1984)

South-Central Timber Development, Inc. v. Wunnicke, Commissioner, Dept. of Natural Resources of Alaska

Facts

In September 1980, the commissioner of the Department of Natural Resources of Alaska (defendant) announced that the department would sell approximately 49 million board-feet of timber in Icy Cape, Alaska, in October 1980. However, the contract for sale required that all timber sold must be processed within the State of Alaska before being shipped outside the state. South-Central Timber Development, Inc. (plaintiff) was an Alaska-based timber retailer that did not operate an Alaska mill and sold primarily unprocessed timber to exclusively out-of-state clients. South-Central Timber Development brought suit in district court seeking to enjoin enforcement of the in-state-processing requirement on the grounds that it violated the dormant Commerce Clause. The district court agreed and granted the injunction, but the court of appeals reversed. The United States Supreme Court granted certiorari.

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Issue

Holding and Reasoning (White, J.)

Concurrence (Brennan, J.)

Concurrence (Powell, J.)

Dissent (Rehnquist, J.)

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