Carter v. Carter Coal Co.

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Carter v. Carter Coal Company
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued March 11, 1936 Decided May 18, 1936
Full case name	Carter v. Carter Coal Company
Citations	298 U.S. 238 (more) 56 S. Ct. 855; 80 L. Ed. 1160; 1936 U.S. LEXIS 950
Holding
The Coal Conservation Act is not within Congress' power under the Commerce Clause. Just because a commodity will, in the future, be sold in interstate commerce does not give Congress the right to regulate it before the event occurs.
Court membership
Chief Justice Charles E. Hughes Associate Justices Willis Van Devanter · James C. McReynolds Louis Brandeis · George Sutherland Pierce Butler · Harlan F. Stone Owen Roberts · Benjamin N. Cardozo
Case opinions
Majority	Sutherland, joined by Van Devanter, McReynolds, Butler, Roberts
Concur/dissent	Hughes
Concur/dissent	Cardozo, joined by Brandeis, Stone
Laws applied
U.S. Const. art. I, § 8, cl. 3, U.S. Const. amend. X

Carter v. Carter Coal Company, 298 U.S. 238 (1936), is a United States Supreme Court decision interpreting the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution, which permits the United States Congress to "regulate Commerce... among the several States."^[1] Specifically, it analyzes the extent of Congress' power, according to the Commerce Clause, looking at whether or not they have the right to regulate manufacturing.