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. self-linksurface differs ⓘ 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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