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: | |