United States v. Wrightwood Dairy Co.

United States v. Wrightwood Dairy Co.
Argued January 14, 1942
Decided February 2, 1942
Full case nameUnited States v. Wrightwood Dairy Co.
Citations315 U.S. 110 (more)
62 S. Ct. 523; 86 L. Ed. 726; 1942 U.S. LEXIS 1164
Holding
The Commerce Clause allows Congress to regulate the prices of intrastate goods if their sales would otherwise adversely affect a federal interstate price regulation
Court membership
Chief Justice
Harlan F. Stone
Associate Justices
Owen Roberts · Hugo Black
Stanley F. Reed · Felix Frankfurter
William O. Douglas · Frank Murphy
James F. Byrnes · Robert H. Jackson
Case opinion
MajorityStone, joined by a unanimous court
Roberts took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Laws applied
Commerce Clause; Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937

United States v. Wrightwood Dairy Co., 315 U.S. 110 (1942), was a major decision of the US Supreme Court upholding the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 as a valid use of Congress' authority under the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution.