Mar
2
2010
Fans of constitutional law will recall the Shreveport Rate Case, a 1914 U.S. Supreme Court decision that expanded the reach of congressional power under the Commerce Clause. The case dealt with state rates for railway service in Texas and Louisiana, and Texas' efforts to favor Texas railways over those that serviced Shreveport. Well, Texas is in the middle of another kind of market competition, this time between riverboat casinos in Shreveport and tribal casinos in Oklahoma.