Abstract
"In Hicklin v. Orbeck, the United States Supreme Court unanimously held' that Alaska's statute entitled "Local Hire Under State Leases"' violates the Constitution due to its discriminatory effect on nonresidents. Basing its decision on the Privileges and Immunities Clause,' the Court found that there was insufficient justification for the extensive discrimination against nonresidents required by the Act because the unemployment problem to be alleviated by the legislation was not due to a great influx of nonresident jobseekers. Rather, the Court attributed the problem to the fact that a large percentage of the unemployed in Alaska lack sufficient education and job training to obtain employment or live too far from employment opportunities."
Recommended Citation
Kemp, Donna N.
(1979)
"Commerce Clause; Privileges and Immunities Clause; State Hiring; Discrimination Against Nonresidents; Hicklin v. Orbeck,"
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