| From Chapter: Economic Powers of State Governments What did the Supreme Court hold in Maine v. Taylor (1986)? |
| The Court held that there was an exception to the "virtually per se invalidity" of discriminatory state legislation under the dormant commerce clause. The Court found that a Maine law prohibiting the importation of out-of-state bait fish was constitutional because Maine authorities couldn't be certain that imported fish would be free of "parasites and non-native species" that might pose environmental harm to local ecology. |