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Legal Citation: 298 U.S. 238 (1936)

Petitioner
James Walter Carter

Respondent
Carter Coal Co.

Petitioner's Claim
That the Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935, part of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal, was an unconstitutional intrusion of the federal government into rights reserved for the states under the Tenth Amendment.

Chief Lawyers for Petitioner
Frederick H. Wood, William D. Whitney, Richard H. Wilmer

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Karl J. Hardy

Justices for the Court
Pierce Butler, Charles Evans Hughes, James Clark McReynolds, Owen Josephus Roberts, George Sutherland (writing for the Court), Willis Van Devanter

Justices Dissenting
Louis D. Brandeis, Benjamin N. Cardozo, Harlan Fiske Stone

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
18 March 1936