Hicklin v. Orbeck

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United States Supreme Court case court case

Hicklin v. Orbeck is a 1978 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down Alaska’s local-hire law for violating the Privileges and Immunities Clause by discriminating against nonresident workers.

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Label	Occurrences
Hicklin v. Orbeck canonical	4
Hicklin v. Orbeck, 437 U.S. 518 (1978)	1
Hicklin v. Orbeck, Commissioner, Department of Labor	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T740009 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Hicklin v. Orbeck
Context triple: [United Building & Construction Trades Council v. Mayor and Council of Camden, relatedCase, Hicklin v. Orbeck]

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NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Hicklin v. Orbeck
Target entity description: Hicklin v. Orbeck is a 1978 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down Alaska’s local-hire law for violating the Privileges and Immunities Clause by discriminating against nonresident workers.

A. Argersinger v. Hamlin
Argersinger v. Hamlin is a 1972 U.S. Supreme Court case that extended the right to counsel to defendants in misdemeanor cases that may result in imprisonment.
B. Hines v. Davidowitz
Hines v. Davidowitz is a 1941 U.S. Supreme Court case that held federal law preempts conflicting state alien-registration laws under the Supremacy Clause.
C. Sherbert v. Verner
Sherbert v. Verner is a landmark 1963 U.S. Supreme Court case that strengthened protections for religious liberty by requiring strict scrutiny of government actions that substantially burden individuals’ religious practices.
D. Goldberg v. Kelly
Goldberg v. Kelly is a landmark 1970 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held welfare recipients are entitled to an evidentiary hearing before their benefits are terminated, significantly expanding procedural due process protections.
E. Printz v. United States
Printz v. United States is a 1997 U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited federal power by holding that Congress cannot compel state or local officials to implement federal regulatory programs.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Supreme Court case ⓘ court case ⓘ
affectedGroup	Alaska resident workers ⓘ nonresident workers seeking employment in Alaska ⓘ
areaOfImpact	nonresident employment discrimination ⓘ state employment preference laws ⓘ
chiefJusticeAtTimeOfDecision	Warren E. Burger ⓘ
citation	437 U.S. 518 ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted	Article IV, Section 2, Privileges and Immunities Clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ linked to: Article IV, Section 2 of the United States Constitution
constitutionalRightInvolved	privileges and immunities of citizens in the several states ⓘ
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate	1978 ⓘ
decisionType	constitutional review of state statute ⓘ
disposition	state statute struck down as unconstitutional ⓘ
fullCaseName	Hicklin v. Orbeck, Commissioner, Department of Labor ⓘ linked to: Hicklin v. Orbeck
holding	Alaska could not discriminate against nonresident workers in access to employment related to oil and gas development ⓘ Alaska’s local-hire law violated the Privileges and Immunities Clause ⓘ
issue	constitutionality of Alaska local-hire law favoring residents over nonresidents ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
legalSubject	Privileges and Immunities Clause ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ labor and employment law ⓘ state police power ⓘ
opinionOfTheCourtBy	William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ
petitioner	Hicklin ⓘ
principleEstablished	economic protectionism against nonresidents is constrained by the Privileges and Immunities Clause ⓘ states may not enact broad employment preferences for residents that burden nonresidents’ fundamental rights without substantial justification ⓘ
reasoning	the Privileges and Immunities Clause protects the right of citizens to pursue a common calling in other states ⓘ linked to: Privileges and Immunities Clause the discrimination against nonresidents was not closely related to the state’s objectives ⓘ the state failed to show that nonresidents were a peculiar source of the evil the statute was aimed at ⓘ
relatedCase	Toomer v. Witsell ⓘ United Building & Construction Trades Council v. Mayor and Council of Camden ⓘ
relatedConcept	interstate mobility of labor ⓘ right to pursue a common calling ⓘ
respondent	Orbeck, Commissioner, Department of Labor of Alaska ⓘ linked to: Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development
resultForLaw	Alaska Hire law invalidated ⓘ
stateParty	Alaska ⓘ
statuteAtIssue	Alaska Hire law ⓘ linked to: Alaska Statutes Alaska Stat. § 38.40.090 (then in force) ⓘ
subjectMatter	oil and gas industry employment in Alaska ⓘ
subsequentInfluence	cited in later cases evaluating state and local residency preferences for employment ⓘ
timePeriod	Burger Court era ⓘ
vote	unanimous decision ⓘ
yearArgued	1978 ⓘ
yearDecided	1978 ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United Building & Construction Trades Council v. Mayor and Council of Camden → relatedCase → Hicklin v. Orbeck ⓘ

Baldwin v. Fish and Game Commission of Montana → relatedCase → Hicklin v. Orbeck ⓘ

Hicklin v. Orbeck → fullCaseName → Hicklin v. Orbeck, Commissioner, Department of Labor ⓘ

linked to: Hicklin v. Orbeck

Hicklin → roleIn → Hicklin v. Orbeck ⓘ

Hicklin → partyToCase → Hicklin v. Orbeck ⓘ

Hicklin → caseCitation → Hicklin v. Orbeck, 437 U.S. 518 (1978) ⓘ