United States v. Darby Lumber Co.
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| Argued December 19–20, 1940 Decided February 3, 1941 |
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| Full case name | United States v. Darby |
| Citations | 312 U.S. 100 (more)
61 S. Ct. 451; 85 L. Ed. 609; 1941 U.S. LEXIS 1222; 3 Lab. Cas. (CCH) P51,108; 132 A.L.R. 1430
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| Prior history | Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Georgia. Appeal, under the Criminal Appeals Act, from a judgment quashing an indictment |
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| The Fair Labor Standards Act was a constitutional exercise of Congressional power under the Commerce Clause. | |
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| Majority | Stone, joined by unanimous |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const. art. I, § 8, Fair Labor Standards Act | |
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This case overturned a previous ruling or rulings
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| Hammer v. Dagenhart, 247 U.S. 251 (1918) | |
United States v. Darby Lumber Co., 312 U.S. 100 (1941), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court upheld the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, holding that the U.S. Congress had the power under the Commerce Clause to regulate employment conditions. The unanimous decision of the Court in this case overturned Hammer v. Dagenhart 247 U.S. 251 (1918), limited the application of Carter v. Carter Coal Company 298 U.S. 238 (1936), and confirmed the underlying legality of minimum wages held in West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish 300 U.S. 379 (1937).
An American lumber company in Georgia that did not meet these standards was charged with violating the law, but it had won an appeal in which the appellate judge found that the federal government is barred by the Tenth Amendment from interfering in matters that are strictly local and within state boundaries.
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