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Following is the case brief for United States v. Darby, 312 U.S. 100 (1941) Case Summary of United States v. Darby: Darby, a lumber manufacturer in Georgia, violated the Fair Labor Standards Act by paying workers less than the minimum wage and failing to follow other requirements under the Act. Darby was indicted for the violations. Darby then challenged the […]
Read moreFollowing is the case brief for Printz v. United States, 521 U.S. 898 (1997) Case Summary of Printz v. United States: The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, a federal law, called for State and local law enforcement officials to conduct background checks people seeking to buy a gun. Two law enforcement officials from Montana and Arizona challenged the law on […]
Read moreFollowing is the case brief for Bond v. United States, 134 S. Ct. 2077 (2014) Case Summary of Bond v. United States: Petitioner Bond used chemicals to get revenge on her husband’s lover. She was prosecuted in federal court for violations of the Chemical Weapons Implementation Act, an Act implementing a global treaty on chemical weapons. On appeal, Bond argued […]
Read moreFollowing is the case brief for New York v. United States, 505 U.S. 144 (1992) Case Summary of New York v. United States: The Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1985 included three incentive provisions to encourage states to address the shortage of waste disposal sites. New York State, and two counties, sought a declaratory judgment stating that the […]
Read moreFollowing is the case brief for South Dakota v. Dole, Supreme Court of the United States, (1987) Case summary for South Dakota v. Dole: A South Dakota state statute permitted the sale of beer containing up to 3.2 percent of alcohol to those 19 and older. Congress passed legislation limiting highway funding to states by five percent when states did […]
Read moreFollowing is the case brief for Missouri v. Holland, 242 U.S. 416 (1920) Case Summary of Missouri v. Holland: In 1918, Congress passed the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to enforce an earlier treaty entered into by the U.S. and Great Britain. The State of Missouri challenged the Act in Federal District Court as in conflict with its own State law. The […]
Read moreThe 10th Amendment to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights, having been added to assure the people that the federal government would not overstep its authority. This brief and concise amendment expresses the concept of federalism, which in turn, supports the entire plan of the Constitution. It states that the government has only the specific […]
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