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· 5/15/1922

Child Labor Tax Case

Citations

  • 259 U.S. 20
  • 42 S. Ct. 449
  • 66 L. Ed. 817
  • 1922 U.S. LEXIS 2458
  • 21 A.L.R. 1432
  • 2 C.B. 337
  • 3 A.F.T.R. (P-H) 3156

How courts have described this case

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  • concluding that statute’s purpose was to regulate labor rather than raise revenue in part because it gave inspection authority to the Department of Labor
  • holding that an exaction, although labeled a tax, was not in fact authorized by Congress’s taxing power
  • concluding that statute’s purpose was to regulate labor rather than raise revenue in part because it gave inspection authority to the Department of Labor
  • holding that a tax on goods made by child labor was an unconstitutional pen- alty
  • holding that a tax on goods made by child labor was an unconstitutional pen- alty
  • holding that an exaction, although labeled a tax, was not in fact authorized by Congress’s taxing power

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Judges: Taft, Claeke

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