United States v. Darby Lumber Co.

United States v. Darby Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued December 19–20, 1940 Decided February 3, 1941
Full case name	United States v. Darby Lumber Co.
Citations	312 U.S. 100 (more) 61 S. Ct. 451; 85 L. Ed. 609; 1941 U.S. LEXIS 1222; 3 Lab. Cas. (CCH) ¶ 51,108; 132 A.L.R. 1430
Case history
Prior	32 F. Supp. 734 (S.D. Ga. 1940); probable jurisdiction noted, 60 S. Ct. 1105 (1940).
Holding
The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 was a constitutional exercise of Congressional power under the Commerce Clause.
Court membership
Chief Justice Charles E. Hughes Associate Justices Harlan F. Stone · Owen Roberts Hugo Black · Stanley F. Reed Felix Frankfurter · William O. Douglas Frank Murphy
Case opinion
Majority	Stone, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
Commerce Clause, Necessary and Proper Clause, Fair Labor Standards Act
This case overturned a previous ruling or rulings
Hammer v. Dagenhart, 247 U.S. 251 (1918)

United States v. Darby Lumber Co., 312 U.S. 100 (1941), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court upheld the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, holding that the U.S. Congress had the power under the Commerce Clause to regulate employment conditions.^[1] The unanimous decision of the Court in this case overturned Hammer v. Dagenhart, 247 U.S. 251 (1918), limited the application of Carter v. Carter Coal Company, 298 U.S. 238 (1936), and confirmed the underlying legality of minimum wages held in West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish, 300 U.S. 379 (1937).