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HICKLIN v. ORBECK

No. 77-324.

437 U.S. 518 (1978)

HICKLIN ET AL. v. ORBECK, COMMISSIONER, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR OF ALASKA, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 22, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Wagstaff argued the cause for appellants. With him on the briefs was Lee S. Glass.

Ronald W. Lorensen, Assistant Attorney General of Alaska, argued the cause and filed a brief for appellees.*

Ronald Y. Amemiya, Attorney General, and Lawrence D. Kumabe and Michael A. Lilly, Deputy Attorneys General, filed a brief for the State of Hawaii as amicus curiae urging affirmance.

MR. JUSTICE BRENNAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

In 1972, professedly for the purpose of reducing unemployment in the State, the Alaska Legislature passed an Act entitled "Local Hire Under State Leases." Alaska Stat. Ann. §§ 38.40.010 to 38.40.090 (1977). The key provision of "Alaska Hire," as the Act has come to be known, is the requirement that "all oil and gas leases, easements or right-of-way permits...

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