UNITED BUILDING & CONSTR. TRADES v. MAYOR OF CAMDEN

No. 81-2110.

465 U.S. 208 (1984)

UNITED BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL OF CAMDEN COUNTY AND VICINITY v. MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAMDEN ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 21, 1984


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven K. Kudatzky argued the cause and filed briefs for appellant.

N. Thomas Foster argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief for appellees Mayor and Council of the City of Camden was Lawrence R. Velvel. Irwin I. Kimmelman, Attorney General of New Jersey, James J. Ciancia, Assistant Attorney General, and Joseph L. Yannotti, Deputy Attorney General, filed a brief for appellee Department of Treasury of the State of New Jersey.*

Joseph H. Rodriguez and Michael L. Perlin filed a brief for the New Jersey Department of the Public Advocate as amicus curiae urging affirmance.


JUSTICE REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court.

A municipal ordinance of the city of Camden, New Jersey, requires that at least 40% of the employees of contractors and subcontractors working on city construction projects be Camden residents. Appellant, the United Building and Construction Trades Council of Camden County and Vicinity (Council), challenges that ordinance as a violation of the Privileges and Immunities Clause, Art. IV, § 2, cl. 1, of the United...

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