Alaska v. Arctic Maid

Alaska v. Arctic Maid
Argued March 23, 1961
Decided May 1, 1961
Full case nameAlaska v. Arctic Maid, et al.
Citations366 U.S. 199 (more)
Case history
PriorArctic Maid v. Territory of Alaska, 277 F.2d 120 (9th Cir. 1960)
Holding
Alaska's statute imposing an annual tax on freezer ships does not violate the commerce clause.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Earl Warren
Associate Justices
Hugo Black · Felix Frankfurter
William O. Douglas · Tom C. Clark
John M. Harlan II · William J. Brennan Jr.
Charles E. Whittaker · Potter Stewart
Case opinions
MajorityDouglas, joined by Warren, Black, Frankfurter, Clark, Brennan, Whittaker, Stewart
DissentHarlan
Laws applied
U.S. Const. art. I sec. 8 clause 3

Alaska v. Arctic Maid, 366 U.S. 199 (1961), is a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Court upheld the constitutionality of an Alaskan law that imposed an annual tax on freezer ships operating in Alaskan waters, even if the fish onboard is canned and sold in another state.