Legal Opinion
Anderson v. Smith
District Court, D. Alaska
Decided January 22, 1934No. 3453-APublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALEXANDER, District Judge.
The territorial Legislature of 1933 enacted chapter 30 (Session Laws of Alaska 1933), imposing inter alia a license fee of $25 per annum on nonresident fishermen, who are citizens of the United States, as against $1 per annum on resident fishermen, and this suit is brought by plaintiff to test by injunction the validity of that act.
It is first contended “that the act in question was not made and passed by the Legislature for the purpose of raising revenue, but was passed for the purpose of regulating the salmon fishing industry in Alaskan waters.”
The purpose of the…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Bell's Gap Railroad v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Missouri v. LewisSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Dows v. City of ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- Shelton v. PlattSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Alaska Fish Salting & By-Products Co. v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Miller v. AtkinsonAlaska Supreme Court · 1961
- Hoff v. City of KetchikanDistrict Court, D. Alaska · 1942