Name: Tosha Brown

QUESTIONS ABOUT
ISLAND SILVER & SPICE, INC., v. ISLAMORADA,
542 F.3d 844; 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 19143 (2008)
Please answer the questions in the space provided. Please type your answers and email
the document to me by 11:30 pm on the due date.
1. From which court was this a decision? The United States Court of Appeals for the
Eleventh Circuit

2. Is it a state or federal court? Federal Court

3. Who was the Plaintiff in the case? Island Silver and Spice Inc./Glenn and Virginia
Saiger

4. Was there a lower Court decision? If so, how did the lower court hold? Yes, the
lower court decision ruled in favor of Island Silver and Spice. That is why
Islamorada appealed the decision.

5. Who appealed? Islamorada

6. What does the Dormant Commerce Clause prohibit? It prohibits a state from
passing legislation that discriminates interstate commerce.

7. What was the ordinances local purpose(s)? The ordinances local purpose was to
keep Islamorada unique and natural and they wanted to keep the small town feel.

8. How did the Court of Appeals rule and why? The kept the decision of the 11 th
Circuit court because they failed to prove a legitimate reason for the ordinance.