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TANGIER SOUND WATERMEN'S ASSOC. v. DOUGLAS

Civ. A. No. 81-0229-R.

541 F.Supp. 1287 (1982)

TANGIER SOUND WATERMEN'S ASSOC., et al., v. James E. DOUGLAS, Jr., Comm'r, Virginia Marine Resources Commission, et al., Defendants, and Maryland Dept. of Natural Resources, Defendant/Intervenor.

United States District Court, E. D. Virginia, Richmond Division.

June 25, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred J. Owings, Spinella, Owings, Jackson & Steverson, Richmond, Va., Thomas N. Biddison, Jr., Thomas B. Lewis, Gallagher, Evelius & Jones, Baltimore, Md., for plaintiffs.

Brian L. Buniva, Frederick S. Fisher, Asst. Attys. Gen., Richmond, Va., for defendants.

Thomas A. Deming, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Dept. of Natural Resources, Annapolis, Md., Anthony F. Troy, James E. Ryan, Jr., David G. Shuford, Mays, Valentine, Davenport & Moore, Richmond, Va., for defendant/intervenor.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

WARRINER, District Judge.

I

This action involves a constitutional challenge to several Virginia statutes that deny to nonresidents the right to commercially harvest blue crabs in the Virginia waters of Chesapeake Bay. Section 28.1-165 of the Virginia Code provides commercial crabbing licenses may be issued only to Virginia residents. Section 28.1-57 of the Virginia Code makes it a misdemeanor for a nonresident of the State to...

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