United Building & Construction Trades Council v. Mayor and Council of Camden

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United Building & Construction Trades Council v. Mayor and Council of Camden is a 1984 U.S. Supreme Court case that held a city’s local-hiring ordinance could be challenged under the Privileges and Immunities Clause for discriminating against out-of-state workers.


Statements (41)
Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Supreme Court case
court case
areaOfLaw constitutional law
federalism
labor and employment law
citation 465 U.S. 208
cityInvolved Camden
constitutionalClauseInterpreted Privileges and Immunities Clause
constitutionalProvision Article IV, Section 2 of the United States Constitution
court Supreme Court of the United States
decisionDate 1984-03-27
decisionYear 1984
effectOnLaw limited the ability of local governments to favor residents over nonresidents in employment on public projects when out-of-state citizens are affected.
employmentContext construction industry
holding A municipal ordinance favoring city residents in employment on city construction projects is subject to scrutiny under the Privileges and Immunities Clause of Article IV when it burdens out-of-state citizens.
The fact that discrimination is based on municipal, rather than state, residency does not remove it from the scope of the Privileges and Immunities Clause when out-of-state citizens are adversely affected.
jurisdiction United States of America
surface form: "United States"
legalIssue Privileges and Immunities Clause
surface form: "Article IV Privileges and Immunities"

Privileges and Immunities Clause
discrimination against out-of-state workers
local hiring ordinance
location Camden
surface form: "Camden, New Jersey"
ordinanceType local hiring preference ordinance
page 208
partyTypePetitioner labor union
partyTypeRespondent municipal government
petitioner United Building & Construction Trades Council v. Mayor and Council of Camden
surface form: "United Building & Construction Trades Council of Camden County and Vicinity"
relatedCase Hicklin v. Orbeck
Supreme Court of New Hampshire v. Piper
Toomer v. Witsell
relatedConcept interstate mobility of workers
right to pursue a common calling
relevance clarified that municipal ordinances can be challenged under the Privileges and Immunities Clause when they burden out-of-state citizens.
important precedent on the limits of local hiring preferences.
reporter United States Reports
respondent Mayor and Council of the City of Camden
stateInvolved New Jersey, United States
surface form: "New Jersey"
subjectMatter municipal residency requirements for employment
public works construction projects
typeOfDiscriminationAlleged economic protectionism
volume 465

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Privileges and Immunities Clause keyCase United Building & Construction Trades Council v. Mayor and Council of Camden
United Building & Construction Trades Council v. Mayor and Council of Camden petitioner United Building & Construction Trades Council v. Mayor and Council of Camden
this entity surface form: "United Building & Construction Trades Council of Camden County and Vicinity"
Hicklin v. Orbeck relatedCase United Building & Construction Trades Council v. Mayor and Council of Camden

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