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DAVIS v. STATE

[No. 155, September Term, 1977.]

283 Md. 358 (1978)

390 A.2d 1112

MACIO DAVIS v. STATE OF MARYLAND

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided August 18, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward H. Nabb and Hyman Ginsberg, with whom were Ginsberg & Ginsberg on the brief, for appellant.

Edward F. Lawson, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis Bill Burch, Attorney General, and John B. Griffith, Assistant Attorney General, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, DIGGES, LEVINE, ELDRIDGE, ORTH and COLE, JJ.

ORTH, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

This appeal calls upon us to determine whether Maryland statutes imposing limitations on the possession of certain kinds and sizes of crabs are unconstitutional as affronting the Commerce Clause of the Federal Constitution.

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Callinectes sapidus Rathbun1 is a species of blue crab which inhabits the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries...

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