Legal Opinion
Pacific Merchant Shipping Assn. v. Voss
California Supreme Court
Decided December 29, 1995No. S044869PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MOSK, J.
In this appeal we consider whether two statutes and a regulation authorizing the California Department of Food and Agriculture to levy an inspection fee on ships carrying agricultural goods into California from foreign countries (Food & Agr. Code, §§ 5352 & 5353, subd. (b); Cal. Code Regs., tit. 3, § 3560, subd. (b)), when no such fee is levied on carriers bringing such goods into California from other states, unjustifiably discriminate on their face against foreign commerce in violation of the negative aspect of the foreign commerce clause of the United States Constitution.…
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