Saturday, April 11, 2009

U.S. v. Darby Lumber Co. (1941)

The Beginning of the Roosevelt Court- from Darby Lumber, Wickard v Filburn, Korematsu v. U.S., to Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. v. Sawyer

Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
-- Sweeping new legislation that prohibited shipment of goods made in substandard conditions interstate and fixed minimum wages and maximum hours for interstate-related work.

Unanimous Majority: Stone, Black, Douglas, Frankfurter, McReynolds, Murphy, Reed, Roberts, Stone

Majority Opinion
: Justice Stone
Justice Stone concludes the prohibition is constitutional exercise of commerce power while the regulation of labor was constitutional action authorized by the commerce clause AND necessary and proper clause

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