toomer v. witsell, 334 u.s. 385 (1948)

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334 U.S. 385 68 S.Ct. 1156 92 L.Ed. 1460 TOOMER et al. v. WITSELL et al.,  No. 415.  Argued Jan. 13, 14, 1948.  Decided June 7, 1948.  Rehearing Denied Oct. 11, 1948. See 69 S.Ct. 12. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina. [Syllabus from pages 385-387 intentionally omitted] Messrs. Robert E. Falligant and Aaron Kravitch, both of Savannah, Ga., for appellants. Messrs. David W. Robinson, of Washington, D.C., and J. Monroe Fulmer, of Columbia, S.C., for appellees. Mr. Chief Justice VINSON delivered the opinion of the Court. 1 This is a suit to enjoin as unconstitutional the enforcement of several South Carolina statutes governing commercial shrimp fishing in the three-mile maritime belt off the coast of that State. Appellants, who initiated the action, are five individual fishermen, all citizens and residents of Georgia, and a non-  profit fish dealers' organization incorporated in Florida. Appellees are South Carolina officials charged with enforcement of the statutes. 2 The three-judge Federal District Court which was convened to hear the case 1 upheld the statutes, denied an injunction and dismissed the suit. 2  On direct appeal from that judgment 3  we noted probable jurisdiction.

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