United Building & Construction Trades Council v. Mayor and Council of Camden
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United Building & Construction Trades Council v. Mayor and Council of Camden is a 1984 U.S. Supreme Court case that held a city’s local-hiring ordinance could be challenged under the Privileges and Immunities Clause for discriminating against out-of-state workers.
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Target entity: United Building & Construction Trades Council v. Mayor and Council of Camden Context triple: [Privileges and Immunities Clause, keyCase, United Building & Construction Trades Council v. Mayor and Council of Camden]
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: United Building & Construction Trades Council v. Mayor and Council of Camden Target entity description: United Building & Construction Trades Council v. Mayor and Council of Camden is a 1984 U.S. Supreme Court case that held a city’s local-hiring ordinance could be challenged under the Privileges and Immunities Clause for discriminating against out-of-state workers.
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A.
Fulton v. City of Philadelphia
Fulton v. City of Philadelphia is a 2021 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court unanimously ruled that Philadelphia violated a Catholic foster care agency’s religious freedom by excluding it from the foster program over its refusal to certify same-sex couples.
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B.
NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.
NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. is a landmark 1937 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld federal power to regulate labor relations, marking a major expansion of Congress’s authority over interstate commerce.
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C.
United States v. Darby
United States v. Darby is a 1941 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld federal labor regulations under the Commerce Clause and marked a broad expansion of federal power over economic activity.
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D.
Briggs v. Elliott
Briggs v. Elliott was a landmark federal court case from South Carolina challenging racial segregation in public schools, and it became one of the key cases consolidated into Brown v. Board of Education.
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E.
Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council
Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council is a 2000 U.S. Supreme Court case that held a Massachusetts law restricting state business with Burma was preempted by federal sanctions under the Supremacy Clause.
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Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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court case ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
constitutional law
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federalism ⓘ labor and employment law ⓘ |
| citation | 465 U.S. 208 ⓘ |
| cityInvolved | Camden ⓘ |
| constitutionalClauseInterpreted | Privileges and Immunities Clause ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvision | Article IV, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1984-03-27 ⓘ |
| decisionYear | 1984 ⓘ |
| effectOnLaw | limited the ability of local governments to favor residents over nonresidents in employment on public projects when out-of-state citizens are affected. ⓘ |
| employmentContext | construction industry ⓘ |
| holding |
A municipal ordinance favoring city residents in employment on city construction projects is subject to scrutiny under the Privileges and Immunities Clause of Article IV when it burdens out-of-state citizens.
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The fact that discrimination is based on municipal, rather than state, residency does not remove it from the scope of the Privileges and Immunities Clause when out-of-state citizens are adversely affected. ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| legalIssue |
Article IV Privileges and Immunities
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linked to:
Privileges and Immunities Clause
Privileges and Immunities Clause ⓘ discrimination against out-of-state workers ⓘ local hiring ordinance ⓘ |
| location |
Camden, New Jersey
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linked to:
Camden
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| ordinanceType | local hiring preference ordinance ⓘ |
| page | 208 ⓘ |
| partyTypePetitioner | labor union ⓘ |
| partyTypeRespondent | municipal government ⓘ |
| petitioner | United Building & Construction Trades Council of Camden County and Vicinity ⓘ |
| relatedCase |
Hicklin v. Orbeck
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Supreme Court of New Hampshire v. Piper ⓘ Toomer v. Witsell ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
interstate mobility of workers
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right to pursue a common calling ⓘ |
| relevance |
clarified that municipal ordinances can be challenged under the Privileges and Immunities Clause when they burden out-of-state citizens.
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important precedent on the limits of local hiring preferences. ⓘ |
| reporter | United States Reports ⓘ |
| respondent | Mayor and Council of the City of Camden ⓘ |
| stateInvolved |
New Jersey
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linked to:
New Jersey, United States
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| subjectMatter |
municipal residency requirements for employment
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public works construction projects ⓘ |
| typeOfDiscriminationAlleged | economic protectionism ⓘ |
| volume | 465 ⓘ |
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Subject: United Building & Construction Trades Council v. Mayor and Council of Camden Description of subject: United Building & Construction Trades Council v. Mayor and Council of Camden is a 1984 U.S. Supreme Court case that held a city’s local-hiring ordinance could be challenged under the Privileges and Immunities Clause for discriminating against out-of-state workers.
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Privileges and Immunities Clause
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keyCase
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United Building & Construction Trades Council v. Mayor and Council of Camden
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United Building & Construction Trades Council v. Mayor and Council of Camden
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petitioner
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United Building & Construction Trades Council of Camden County and Vicinity
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linked to: United Building & Construction Trades Council v. Mayor and Council of Camden
Hicklin v. Orbeck
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relatedCase
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United Building & Construction Trades Council v. Mayor and Council of Camden
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