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Supreme Court Detail

Case Name	CAMPS NEWFOUND/OWATONNA, INC. v. TOWN OF HARRISON, MAINE, et al. LEXIS \| Westlaw \| FindLaw \| CourtListener Note: FindLaw and CourtListener are free services.
Date Decision	May 19, 1997
Date Argument	October 09, 1996
Decision Type	opinion of the court (orally argued)
Citations	520 U.S. 564 117 S. Ct. 1590 1997 U.S. LEXIS 3227 137 L. Ed. 2d 852
Docket	94-1988

Lower Court Detail

Court in which Case Originated	State Trial Court Maine
Court whose Decision was Reviewed	State Supreme Court Maine
Petitioner	nonprofit organization or business
Respondent	city, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit Maine

Vote Detail

Issue/Legal Provision (1 of 1)	ECONOMIC ACTIVITY State Or Local Government Tax CONSTITUTION Article I, Section 8, Paragraph 3 (interstate commerce clause)
Vote Coalition	5 - 4
Decision Direction	Liberal
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality Stevens O'Connor Kennedy Souter Breyer dissent Rehnquist Scalia Thomas Ginsburg

Supreme Court Database Detail

SCDB ID

1996-055-01

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