Facts
Alaskan
timber purchaser and shipper brought action challenging Alaska's requirement
that timber taken from state lands be processed within the state prior to
export.
The U.S. District Court found the requirement violative of
the commerce clause, and Alaska appealed.
The Court of Appeals reversed. Certiorari was granted.
Holdings
The Supreme
Court held that the requirement was not authorized by Congress'
policy with respect to timber taken from federal land where application of that
policy to state lands was not expressly stated.
Reversed
and remanded.
