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| McCulloch v. Maryland |
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Supreme Court of the United States |
Argued April 4, 1888
Decided October 22, 1888
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17 U.S. 316; 128 U.S. 1 |
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| Subsequent history: |
None |
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| Holding |
| There is no conflict and the state law is valid. The Court erected a distinction between manufacture and commerce. The state law regulated manufacturing only. The justices feared that a broad view of commerce that would embrace manufacturing would also embrace the power to regulate "every branch of human industry." The distinction proved untenable but it took nearly a half-century to erase its pernicious consequences. |
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Joined by: unanimous
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