Swift v. United States

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Litigants=Swift v. United States
ArgueDate=January 6
ArgueDateB=9
ArgueYear=1905
DecideDate=January 30
DecideYear=1905
FullName=Swift & Company, et al., Appts. v. United States
USVol=196
USPage=375
Citation=25 Sup. Ct. 276; 49 L. Ed. 518
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Holding=Although meatpackers' activity was geographically “local,” they had an important effect on the “current of commerce,” and thus could be regulated under the Commerce Clause.
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"Swift v. United States", 196 U.S. 375 (1905), was a decision by the United States Supreme Court, which held that the Commerce Clause covered meatpackers; although their activity was geographically "local," they had an important effect on the "current of commerce", and thus could be regulated under the Commerce Clause. The Court's decision halted price fixing.

ee also

*List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 196

Further reading

*cite journal |last=Baldwin |first=William L. |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1969 |month= |title=The Feedback Effect of Business Conduct on Industry Structure |journal=Journal of Law and Economics |volume=12 |issue=1 |pages=123–153 |doi=10.1086/466662 |url= |accessdate= |quote=

External links

* [http://www.enfacto.com/case/U.S./196/375/ Swift v. United States, 196 U.S. 375 (1905)] (opinion full text).