Rea v. . Hampton’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “As the Legislature had the undoubted right to regulate the manner in which the right of fishing in Albemarle Sound should be exercised, the plaintiffs had no right to fish in its waters in any mode not allowed by law. The facts found show that they were fishing in violation of law, and it would be singular if they could ask the law to protect them in its violation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Daniels v. . Homer