Carter v. Carter Coal Co.

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Commerce Clause case New Deal era case United States Supreme Court case landmark case

Carter v. Carter Coal Co. was a 1936 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down federal regulation of coal production as an unconstitutional overreach of Congress’s Commerce Clause powers.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Commerce Clause case → New Deal era case → United States Supreme Court case → landmark case →
areaOfLaw	commerce power → constitutional law → federalism → labor regulation →
category	United States Supreme Court cases of the Hughes Court → United States Supreme Court cases on the Commerce Clause →
citation	298 U.S. 238 →
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted	Commerce Clause → Due Process Clause → surface form: "Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment"
court	Supreme Court of the United States →
decisionDate	1936-05-18 →
era	Lochner v. New York → surface form: "Lochner era" pre–New Deal constitutional jurisprudence →
fullName	Carter v. Carter Coal Co. → surface form: "Carter v. Carter Coal Company"
holding	Congress may not regulate coal production under the Commerce Clause because production is a local activity, not interstate commerce → price-fixing and labor provisions of the Bituminous Coal Conservation Act exceeded Congress’s Commerce Clause power → Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935 → surface form: "the Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935 was unconstitutional in relevant part"
impact	reinforced judicial limits on federal power over local industrial activity → restricted New Deal economic regulation under the Commerce Clause →
keyDoctrine	direct versus indirect effects on interstate commerce → limits on federal regulation of local production → production versus commerce distinction →
legalIssue	distinction between production and commerce → federal regulation of coal production → nondelegation and delegation of legislative power → scope of the Commerce Clause →
locationOfOriginatingDispute	West Virginia →
majorityOpinionBy	Justice George Sutherland →
pageInUnitedStatesReports	238 →
party	Carter Coal Company → James W. Carter →
relatedCase	Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States → surface form: "A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States" Hammer v. Dagenhart → NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. →
result	Act held unconstitutional in part →
statuteInvolved	Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935 →
subjectMatter	bituminous coal industry → collective bargaining in coal mining → wages and hours of coal miners →
subsequentDevelopment	narrow view of the Commerce Clause later rejected by the Supreme Court in New Deal and post–New Deal cases →
volumeOfUnitedStatesReports	298 →
vote	5-4 →
yearDecided	1936 →

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Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935 → challengedInCase → Carter v. Carter Coal Co. →

Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935 → declaredUnconstitutionalIn → Carter v. Carter Coal Co. →

Carter v. Carter Coal Co. → fullName → Carter v. Carter Coal Co. →

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