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An Alaska law gave preference to hiring Alaska residents over out-of-state workers who had come into Alaska for employment.
An Alaska law gave preference to hiring Alaska residents over out-of-state workers who had come into Alaska for employment.
|procedural_history=Sidney Hicklin (plaintiff) is arguing against Edmund Orbeck, Commissioner of the Department of Labor of the State of Alaska.
|procedural_history=Sidney Hicklin (plaintiff) is arguing against Edmund Orbeck, Commissioner of the Department of Labor of the State of Alaska.
|issues=Has Hicklin's experienced economic discrimination from Alaska's law under the Privileges and Immunities Clause of Article IV, § 2, [[Constitution_of_the_United_States#Section_2.2C_Clause_1:_Privileges_and_Immunities|Clause 1]]?
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Hicklin v. Orbeck
Court Supreme Court of the United States
Citation
Date decided June 1978
Appealed from Alaska Supreme Court

Facts

Due to the extremely cold and harsh climate in Alaska, companies were paying high compensations to workers in Alaska who worked in the oil and gas sectors.

An Alaska law gave preference to hiring Alaska residents over out-of-state workers who had come into Alaska for employment.

Procedural History

Sidney Hicklin (plaintiff) is arguing against Edmund Orbeck, Commissioner of the Department of Labor of the State of Alaska.

Issues

Has Hicklin's experienced economic discrimination from Alaska's law under the Privileges and Immunities Clause of Article IV, § 2, Clause 1?

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