Legal Opinion
Corsa v. Tawes
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided March 27, 1957No. Civ. A. 9077PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOBELOFF, Circuit Judge.
By this suit an individual Delaware plaintiff and corporate plaintiffs of New Jersey and Delaware challenge the constitutionality of certain provisions of Maryland’s fishing laws. Two sections of the law are under attack: one, Section 259 of Article 66C of the Annotated Code of Maryland 1951, prohibits the use of purse nets in any of the tidal waters of the State; the other, Section 258, excludes non-residents from fishing privileges in Maryland’s tidal waters. Pursuant to Title 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 2281, 2284, this three-judge Court was convened.
The plaintiffs are engaged…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Cooley v. Board of Wardens of Port of Philadelphia Ex Rel. Soc. for Relief of Distressed PilotsSupreme Court of the United States · 1852
- Toomer v. WitsellSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Southern Pacific Co. v. Arizona Ex Rel. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Skiriotes v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Manchester v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Potomac Sand & Gravel Co. v. GovernorCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1972
- Metlakatla Indian Com., Annette Island Res. v. EganAlaska Supreme Court · 1961
- State of Maryland, Dept. of N. Res. v. Amerada Hess Corp.District Court, D. Maryland · 1972
- United States v. James Junior FinchCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
- White Dove, Inc. v. Director of Division of Marine FisheriesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
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