Hammer v. Dagenhart

E64581

United States Supreme Court case landmark United States constitutional law case

Hammer v. Dagenhart was a 1918 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down federal child labor regulations under the Commerce Clause, later repudiated as a symbol of restrictive interpretations of federal power.

Aliases (1)

Hammer, United States Attorney, et al. v. Dagenhart et al. ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Supreme Court case → landmark United States constitutional law case →
argued	1917-12-13 → 1917-12-14 →
citation	247 U.S. 251 →
concerns	child labor in manufacturing plants → interstate commerce →
constitutionalIssue	Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution → Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution →
country	United States →
decidingCourt	Supreme Court of the United States →
decisionDate	1918-06-03 →
decisionType	5–4 decision →
defendant	Roland H. Dagenhart →
dissentingOpinionBy	Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. →
era	Lochner era →
fullCaseName	Hammer, United States Attorney, et al. v. Dagenhart et al. →
hasJurisdiction	United States →
held	Congress lacked authority under the Commerce Clause to regulate the production of goods intended for interstate commerce as a means of controlling child labor → regulation of production, including child labor in manufacturing, was a matter reserved to the states →
historicalReputation	repudiated precedent on federal commerce power →
impact	limited federal ability to regulate labor conditions through the Commerce Clause until New Deal era →
issueArea	constitutional law → labor law →
joinedByInDissent	John H. Clarke NERFINISHED → Joseph McKenna → Louis D. Brandeis →
joinedByInMajority	Edward D. White → Joseph R. Lamar → Mahlon Pitney NERFINISHED → Willis Van Devanter →
laterOverruledBy	United States v. Darby Lumber Co. →
legalSubject	child labor regulation → federalism in the United States → scope of congressional power under the Commerce Clause →
majorityOpinionBy	William R. Day NERFINISHED →
overruledInYear	1941 →
pageInUnitedStatesReports	251 →
plaintiff	William C. Hammer NERFINISHED →
precedentStatus	overruled →
reargued	1918-01-28 → 1918-01-29 →
relatedToStatute	Keating–Owen Child Labor Act →
struckDown	Keating–Owen Child Labor Act of 1916 →
symbolOf	restrictive interpretation of federal power under the Commerce Clause →
volumeOfUnitedStatesReports	247 →
yearDecided	1918 →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Hammer v. Dagenhart ("Hammer, United States Attorney, et al. v. Dagenhart et al.") →	fullCaseName
United States v. Darby →	overruledCase
Carter v. Carter Coal Co. →	relatedCase