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development and maintenance. It does mean, however, that such a fee must fairly match the exporters' use of port services and facilities. Pp. 369-370.
114 F. 3d 1564, affirmed.
Ginsburg, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.
Deputy Solicitor General Wallace argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Waxman, Assistant Attorney General Hunger, Kent L. Jones, David M. Cohen, Todd M. Hughes, and Lara Levinson.
James R. Atwood argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Brian S. Goldstein, Steven S. Weiser, Laurence M. Friedman, Paul A. Horowitz, and Robert A. Long, Jr.*
Justice Ginsburg delivered the opinion of the Court. The Export Clause of the Constitution states: "No Tax or Duty shall be laid on Articles exported from any State."
*Hardy Myers, Attorney General of Oregon, Michael D. Reynolds, Solicitor General, David Schuman, Deputy Attorney General, and Robert M. Atkinson, Assistant Attorney General, filed a brief for the State of Oregon as amicus curiae urging reversal.
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for Addison Wesley Longman et al. by Carlos Rodriguez and Todd C. Fineberg; for the Aluminum Co. of America et al. by Melvin S. Schwechter, John C. Cleary, and Julie A. Coletti; for Baxter Healthcare Corp. et al. by Mark S. Zolno and Michael E. Roll; for Boise Cascade et al. by Steven P. Florsheim, Robert B. Silverman, and Erik D. Smithweiss; for Cobe Laboratories, Inc., et al. by Lynn S. Baker, Thomas E. Johnson, and Gregory W. Bowman; for General Chemical Corp. et al. by Patrick D. Gill, John S. Rode, and Eleanore Kelly-Kobayashi; for the National Industrial Transportation League by Nicholas J. DiMichael; and for Texaco Refining and Marketing, Inc., et al. by Steven H. Becker and Charles H. Critchlow.
Briefs of amici curiae were filed for Amoco Chemical Co. by Robert E. Burke and Christopher E. Pey; for Arctic Cat, Inc., et al. by Robert J. Hennessey; for New Holland North America, Inc., et al. by Munford Page Hall II and John B. Rehm; and for Totes-Isotoner Corp. et al. by John M. Peterson and George W. Thompson.
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