Cruz v. City of Merced

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• upholding the Economic Stabilization Act as applied to state and local governments
• “Even activity that is purely intrastate in character may be regulated by Congress, where the activity affects commerce among the States or with foreign nations.”
• Tenth Amendment declares policy that Congress may not exercise power so as to impair the states' integrity or their ability to function effectively in a federal system
• Tenth Amendment declares policy that Congress may not exercise power so as to impair the states’ integrity or their ability to function effectively in a federal system
• “The [Tenth] Amendment expressly declares the constitutional policy that Congress may not exercise power in a fashion that impairs the States’ integrity or their ability to function effectively in a federal system.”
• “Even activity that is purely intrastate in character may be regulated by Congress, where the activity, combined with like conduct by others similarly situated, affects commerce among the States or with foreign nations.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).