Toomer v. Witsell

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1948-10-11

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Mr. Chief Justice Vinson delivered the opinion of the Court. This is a suit to enjoin as unconstitutional the enforcement of several South Carolina statutes governing commercial shrimp fishing in the three-mile maritime belt off the coast of that State. Appellants, who initiated the action, are five individual fishermen, all citizens and residents of Georgia, and a non-profit fish dealers’ organization incorpor…

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