Camps Newfound/Owatonna, Inc. v. Town of Harrison
United States Supreme Court
520 U.S. 564 (1997)
Relevant factsFree
Maine (defendant) offered full property tax exemptions to nonprofit organizations incorporated in the state, but limited or denied that exemption to nonprofits primarily serving nonresidents unless they charged no more than $30 per person for services; Camps Newfound/Owatonna (plaintiff), a Maine nonprofit summer camp whose attendees were 95% nonresidents and who charged $400 per week, received no exemption at all and challenged the law as discriminating against interstate commerce.
IssueFree
Whether the nonprofit status of an enterprise necessarily excludes its services from the definition of interstate commerce for dormant Commerce Clause purposes.