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Legal Citation: 436 U.S. 371 (1978)

Appellant
Lester Baldwin, et al.

Appellee
Fish and Game Commission of Montana

Appellant's Claim
That Montana's state game regulations violated Article IV, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Chief Lawyer for Appellant
James H. Goetz

Chief Lawyer for Appellee
Paul A. Lenzini

Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun (writing for the Court), Warren E. Burger, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William H. Rehnquist, John Paul Stevens, Potter Stewart

Justices Dissenting
William J. Brennan, Jr., Thurgood Marshall, Byron R. White

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
23 May 1978

Decision
Montana's state fish and game laws were constitutional, and the appellant was not entitled...