FREEMAN v. SMITH

No. 6150.

44 F.2d 703 (1930)

FREEMAN v. SMITH.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

November 24, 1930.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. L. Faulkner, of Juneau, Alaska, and John G. Lund and Martin J. Lund, both of Seattle, Wash., for appellant.

John Rustgard, Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, F. D. Madison, and Francis Gill, all of San Francisco, Cal., amici curiæ.

Before RUDKIN and WILBUR, Circuit Judges, and KERRIGAN, District Judge.


RUDKIN, Circuit Judge.

This case involves the validity of section 2 of chapter 96 of the Laws of Alaska, 1929, which exacts an annual license fee of $250 from nonresident fishermen who use hook and line in trolling, as against a license fee of $1 for resident fishermen. It appears from the allegations of the complaint that the plaintiff is a citizen of the United States and a resident of Tacoma, in the state of Washington; that for many years last past he has been...

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