Commerce power in late 19th and early 20th century
Earl Maltz
emaltz at camden.rutgers.edu
Tue Oct 4 03:38:43 PDT 2005
While I was observing a class being conducted by one of my colleagues, he
stated (twice) that, during the late nineteenth or early twentieth century
the Court held that Congress had authority to regulate working conditions
in mines and quarries under the Commerce Clause. I don't know the case to
which she was referring (although the Court did hold that the state of Utah
had such authority in Holden v. Hardy). Indeed, my understanding is that
the case law of that period was to the contrary. Is my understanding of
the law wrong? Can anyone point me to the case to which my colleague was
referring?
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