During a period of a booming economy in Alaska, many residents of other states moved there in search of work. Construction work on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline was a major source of employment. The Alaska legislature enacted an act called the Local Hire Statute. This act required employers to hire Alaska residents in preference to nonresidents. Is this statute constitutional? Hicklin v. Orbeck, Commissioner of the Department of Labor of Alaska, 437 U.S. 518, 98 S.Ct. 2482, 57 L.Ed.2d 397, Web 1978 U.S. Lexis 36 (Supreme Court of the United States)