Exam 4: The Constitution: Focus on Application to Business

In Pro's Sports Bar & Grill v.City of Country Club Hills in which the City of Country Club Hills did not renew Pro's Sports Bar & Grill's liquor license,the appeals court held that:

Tim has been selling illegal drugs in his $1,000,000 house.When he is caught by the police,they confiscate the house.Tim sues the police for imposing excessive fines since the drugs he was selling were only worth $1,000.The court is likely to find that:

Congress may burden interstate commerce while states:

The Fourteenth Amendment:

In Quill Corp.v.North Dakota,a state sales tax was imposed on out-of-state firms doing mail-order business with North Dakota residents.This law was found:

A law must relate rationally to a legitimate government interest to:

The Clean Air Act imposes civil penalties on executives of companies violate air pollution standards.If the government sued an executive for violating this law and asked for $100,000 in civil penalties to be imposed,the executive would have:

The Constitution gives Congress the power to tax in:

You purchase 150 acres of property in the Oregon mountains that is zoned for construction on pieces of land more than 40 acres in size.Before you build a home,the Oregon legislature passes the Preservation Act,which prohibits construction.Your land is nearly worthless now and you sue.Your basis for a suit against Oregon is:

In New York v.Burger,a junkyard owner claimed that a New York statute permitting warrantless searches of junkyards was a violation of the 4th Amendment.The Supreme Court held that the statute was:

In Katzenback v.McClung,concerning race discrimination at a restaurant,the Court held that the Constitution does not allow federal regulation of purely local businesses,even if the goal is socially desirable.

Restrictions on misleading commercial speech are generally constitutional.

The traditional primary use of the Fifth Amendment's just compensation (takings)clause is to require the government to pay:

South-Central Timber Development v.Wunnicke,concerning federal and state regulation of Alaska timber processing,shows that:

In Gibbons v.Ogden,the Supreme Court held that commerce among the states means interstate commerce.

For a state to tax a business,the state must have:

The Commerce Clause requires Congress and the states to share the power to regulate trade with foreign nations.

For a state to tax a business,the business must:

States may pass regulations that:

In Reget v.City of La Crosse case,where a business owner claims he was selected by the City for bad treatment,Reget needed to establish: