Alaska v. Arctic Maid

Alaska v. Arctic Maid
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued March 23, 1961 Decided May 1, 1961
Full case name	Alaska v. Arctic Maid, et al.
Citations	366 U.S. 199 (more)
Case history
Prior	Arctic 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
Majority	Douglas, joined by Warren, Black, Frankfurter, Clark, Brennan, Whittaker, Stewart
Dissent	Harlan
Laws applied
U.S. Const. art. I sec. 8 clause 3

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Alaska v. Arctic Maid

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.