| Venue: | SCOTUS |
| Facts: | Boston decides that all city-funded construction projects have to employ at least 50% Boston residents. |
| Posture: | MA SC says this is unconstitutional under the commerce clause. |
| Issue: | Does Art I, § 8, clause 3 prohibit such an order? |
| Holding: | No. Reversed. |
| Rule: | Apparently market participants can choose how they participate. |
| Reasoning: | The city can spend its own money how it wants: it is a market participant. |
| Dicta: | |