BA 241 Exam #2 - Commerce Clause

Wickard v. Filburn (1942)

Which case involved a farmer growing extra wheat for his own use, with the Court finding that local production could collectively affect the national wheat market?

Wickard v. Filburn (1942)

Which case upheld federal regulation of wheat production because local activity could substantially affect interstate commerce?

Wickard v. Filburn (1942)

Which case used the Commerce Clause's substantially-affects-interstate-commerce power (#4) to regulate local wheat production?

Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States (1964)

Which case involved a motel refusing to serve Black customers while serving interstate travelers?

Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States (1964)

Which case upheld federal civil-rights regulation because discrimination at a motel could affect interstate commerce and travel?

Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States (1964)

Which case used the Commerce Clause's substantially-affects-interstate-commerce power (#4) to prohibit discrimination at a motel?

Gonzales v. Raich (2005)

Which case involved California residents growing marijuana for personal medical use under state law?

Gonzales v. Raich (2005)

Which case upheld federal regulation of locally grown marijuana because it could affect the national marijuana market?

Gonzales v. Raich (2005)

Which case used the Commerce Clause's substantially-affects-interstate-commerce power (#4) to regulate local marijuana production?

United States v. Lopez (1995)

Which case involved a federal law banning guns in school zones?

United States v. Lopez (1995)

Which case struck down a federal law because the connection between gun possession near schools and interstate commerce was too weak?

United States v. Lopez (1995)

Which case limited the Commerce Clause's substantially-affects-interstate-commerce power (#4) because the activity had too weak a connection to commerce?

United States v. Morrison (2000)

Which case involved the Violence Against Women Act and federal regulation of gender-motivated violence?

United States v. Morrison (2000)

Which case struck down part of the Violence Against Women Act because gender-motivated violence was noneconomic and too indirectly connected to interstate commerce?

United States v. Morrison (2000)

Which case limited the Commerce Clause's substantially-affects-interstate-commerce power (#4) because the regulated activity was noneconomic?

NFIB v. Sebelius (2012)

Which case involved the Affordable Care Act requiring most people to obtain health insurance or pay a penalty?

NFIB v. Sebelius (2012)

Which case rejected the argument that the Commerce Clause could force people to enter commerce, but upheld the insurance mandate under the taxing power?

NFIB v. Sebelius (2012)

Which case showed that Congress could not use the Commerce Clause to force someone to participate in commerce?

Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)

Which case involved a New York steamboat monopoly that conflicted with a federal license for interstate travel?

Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)

Which case established that federal authority could override conflicting state regulation of interstate commerce?

Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)

Which case involved the Commerce Clause and the channels of interstate commerce (#1), specifically interstate steamboat travel?

City of Philadelphia v. New Jersey (1978)

Which case involved New Jersey banning most out-of-state garbage from entering the state?

City of Philadelphia v. New Jersey (1978)

Which case struck down a state law because it discriminated against out-of-state goods, even though the state claimed health and environmental reasons?

City of Philadelphia v. New Jersey (1978)

Which case used the Dormant Commerce Clause to prohibit discrimination against interstate commerce?

Pike v. Bruce Church (1970)

Which case involved Arizona requiring certain cantaloupes grown in Arizona to be packaged there?

Pike v. Bruce Church (1970)

Which case struck down a state regulation because its burden on interstate commerce was excessive compared with the local benefit?

Pike v. Bruce Church (1970)

Which case established the Pike balancing test under the Dormant Commerce Clause?

West Lynn Creamery v. Healy (1994)

Which case involved Massachusetts taxing milk and using the revenue to subsidize in-state dairy farmers?

West Lynn Creamery v. Healy (1994)

Which case struck down a state tax and subsidy system because it unfairly protected in-state dairy farmers from out-of-state competition?

West Lynn Creamery v. Healy (1994)

Which case used the Dormant Commerce Clause to prohibit protectionism through a tax and subsidy system?

National Pork Producers Council v. Ross (2023)

Which case involved California requiring pork sold in the state to meet certain animal-confinement standards, including pork produced out of state?

National Pork Producers Council v. Ross (2023)

Which case upheld California's pork regulations because they applied to in-state and out-of-state pork and the burden was not shown to be excessive?

National Pork Producers Council v. Ross (2023)

Which case involved a Dormant Commerce Clause challenge to a neutral state regulation and the Pike balancing test?