Legal Opinion
Maine v. Taylor
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 23, 1986No. 85-62PublishedCited by 692 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blackmun
Once again, a little fish has caused a commotion. See Hughes v. Oklahoma, 441 U. S. 322 (1979); TVA v. Hill, 437 U. S. 153 (1978); Cappaert v. United States, 426 U. S. 128 (1976). The fish in this case is the golden shiner, a species of minnow commonly used as live bait in sport fishing.
Appellee Robert J. Taylor (hereafter Taylor or appellee) operates a bait business in Maine. Despite a Maine statute prohibiting the importation of live baitfish,1 he arranged to have 158,000 live golden shiners delivered to him from outside the State. The shipment was intercepted, and a federal grand jury in…
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