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· 4/5/1926

McGrath v. Burke

Citations

  • 12 F.2d 161
  • 56 App. D.C. 220
  • 1926 U.S. App. LEXIS 3175

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding a state statute violated the Commerce Clause because it effectively required other states to adopt similar regulations
  • indicating that a statute is invalid where it has the “practical effect” of controlling commerce wholly outside the state
  • “ ‘the Commerce Clause precludes the application of a state statute to commerce that takes place wholly outside of the State’s borders, whether or not the commerce has effects within the State...’”

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Judges: Orsdel

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