Puerto Rico v. Shell Co. (P.R.)

Puerto Rico v. Shell Co. (P. R.), Ltd.
Puerto Rico v. Shell Co. (P. R.), Ltd.
	Supreme Court of the United States
Argued November 9, 1937; Decided December 6, 1937
Full case name	People of Puerto Rico, petitioner, v. Shell Co. (P. R.), Ltd.
Citations	302 U.S. 253 (more) 58 S. Ct. 167; 82 L. Ed. 235
Case history
Prior	86 F.2d 577, reversed
Court membership
	Chief Justice Charles E. Hughes Associate Justices James C. McReynolds · Louis Brandeis; George Sutherland · Pierce Butler; Harlan F. Stone · Owen Roberts; Benjamin N. Cardozo · Hugo Black
Case opinion
Majority	Sutherland, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
	Commerce clause

Puerto Rico v. Shell Co. (P. R.), Ltd., 302 U.S. 253 (1937), was a notable Supreme Court of the United States case. The issue was whether a local ("insular") law could be pre-empted by the Commerce clause of the United States Constitution. It was also notable as being one of the first cases that determined that Puerto Rico can be treated as if a state for some purposes under the law.[1] It has become a precedent for similar cases.[2]

References

Memorandum, Department of Justice, August 18, 1998, found at DOJ website Archived 2009-07-25 at the Wayback Machine, citing Puerto Rico v. Shell Co. (P. R.), Ltd., 302 U.S. at 258. Accessed July 27, 2009.
See, e.g., Topp-Cola Company v. Coca-Cola Company, 314 F.2d 124, 136 U.S.P.Q. 610 (2d Cir. 1963), found at Openjurist.com website. Accessed July 27, 2009.

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