South-Central Timber Development, Inc. v. Wunnicke, Commissioner, Dept. of Natural Resources of Alaska

Alaska's Department of Natural Resources (defendant) required that all state-owned timber it sold be processed within Alaska before being shipped out of state; South-Central Timber Development (plaintiff), an Alaska timber retailer that sold mostly unprocessed timber to out-of-state buyers and didn't operate its own in-state mill, sued to enjoin the in-state processing requirement as a violation of the dormant Commerce Clause. The district court agreed and enjoined the requirement, but the court of appeals reversed, and the Supreme Court granted certiorari.