Any Local Sale Is Purely Local
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Subject distribution
- Constitutional Law1
Example wrong choices
14339_good_shepherd_science_kit · CONSTITUTIONAL_LAW · Choice AYes, because the law regulates only sales of learning kits in stores located within the state.
Why it's attractive
The outside sellers have contracts to sell into the state, and the law blocks those goods from the market.
Why it's wrong
The outside sellers have contracts to sell into the state, and the law blocks those goods from the market.
14339_good_shepherd_science_kit · CONSTITUTIONAL_LAW · Choice BYes, because the state's interest in protecting children from faulty animal science justifies this burden on interstate commerce.
Why it's attractive
The statute itself protects in-state makers, and only the in-state product satisfies the criteria.
Why it's wrong
The statute itself protects in-state makers, and only the in-state product satisfies the criteria.
14339_good_shepherd_science_kit · CONSTITUTIONAL_LAW · Choice CNo, because the law impairs the obligations of the contracts between the outside kit makers and the in-state stores.
Why it's attractive
The same facts are organized around market exclusion and out-of-state competitors.
Why it's wrong
The same facts are organized around market exclusion and out-of-state competitors.
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