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Commerce Clause Cases

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Kassel v. Consolidated Freightways Corp.

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The Court determined that states cannot place undue burdens on interstate commerce, striking down Iowa's truck size limitations that would affect long-haul trucking through the state.

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Wickard v. Filburn

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Expanded the Commerce Clause to allow Congress to regulate activities that, taken in the aggregate, have a substantial effect on interstate commerce, even if individual cases seem local or trivial.

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Granholm v. Heald

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Struck down state laws that discriminated against out-of-state wine producers, affirming that the Commerce Clause does not allow states to favor local producers over out-of-state competitors.

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West Lynn Creamery, Inc. v. Healy

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The decision invalidated a Massachusetts law that imposed taxes on milk produced out of state but not on local milk, ruling it as discriminatory against interstate commerce.

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United States v. Alfonso D. Lopez, Jr.

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This decision reinforced United States v. Lopez by holding that possession of a gun near a school is not an economic activity that has a substantial effect on interstate commerce, thus falling outside Congress's power.

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Perez v. United States

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The case confirmed that Congress's power under the Commerce Clause extends to regulation of local activities if those activities are part of a class that affects interstate commerce, such as loan shark operations.

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Gibbons v. Ogden

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The decision established that the power to regulate interstate commerce was granted to Congress by the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution.

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Philadelphia v. New Jersey

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Decided that states cannot discriminate against other states' waste, as doing so impedes on the Commerce Clause by hindering free trade among states.

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Swift and Company v. United States

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Determined that the Commerce Clause allowed Congress to regulate monopolies that restrained interstate commerce, specifically in the meatpacking industry.

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H.P. Hood & Sons v. Du Mond

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The Court ruled that a state's effort to restrict the interstate shipment of goods (in this case, milk) for the purpose of protecting local economic interests violates the Commerce Clause.

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National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation

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The Court upheld the National Labor Relations Act, asserting that Congress could regulate labor relations because labor disputes could have a significant impact on interstate commerce.

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Gonzales v. Raich

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Upheld Congress's authority to prohibit the local cultivation and use of marijuana under the Commerce Clause, due to the economic activity's substantial effect on interstate commerce.

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Cooley v. Board of Wardens

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Affirmed that states could regulate aspects of interstate commerce if Congress was silent on the issue, particularly in cases that require diversified local solutions.

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United States v. Lopez

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This decision identified limits to Congress's power under the Commerce Clause, by ruling that the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990 was unconstitutional as it exceeded Congress's authority.

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Katzenbach v. McClung (Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States)

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Both cases upheld the Civil Rights Act of 1964, deciding that discrimination in public accommodations could be regulated by Congress as it affects interstate commerce.

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