Edwards v. California

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Edwards v. California is a 1941 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down a California law restricting the bringing of indigent persons into the state, holding that such limits on interstate movement violated the Commerce Clause.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Commerce Clause case ⓘ
United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
arguedDate 1941-11-06 ⓘ
citation 314 U.S. 160 ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution ⓘ
Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Commerce Clause
country United States ⓘ
court Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate 1941-11-24 ⓘ
decisionType plenary decision ⓘ
effectOnLaw limited state power to exclude indigent migrants from entering the state. ⓘ
fullName Edwards v. California ⓘ
holding A state may not bar the transportation of indigent persons into the state because such a restriction is an unconstitutional burden on interstate commerce. ⓘ
California Welfare and Institutions Code § 2615, prohibiting knowingly bringing an indigent person into California, violates the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution. ⓘ
issue Whether California may restrict the interstate movement of indigent persons. ⓘ
Whether a state law criminalizing the transportation of indigent nonresidents into the state violates the Commerce Clause. ⓘ
joinedByMajority Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone ⓘ
Justice Felix Frankfurter ⓘ
linked to: Felix Frankfurter

Justice Frank Murphy ⓘ
Justice Hugo L. Black ⓘ
linked to: Hugo L. Black

Justice Owen J. Roberts ⓘ
Justice Robert H. Jackson ⓘ
linked to: Robert H. Jackson

Justice Stanley F. Reed ⓘ
Justice William O. Douglas ⓘ
linked to: William O. Douglas
jurisdiction United States federal jurisdiction ⓘ
lawChallenged California Welfare and Institutions Code § 2615 ⓘ
lawChallengedDescription California statute making it a misdemeanor to knowingly bring or assist in bringing an indigent person into the state. ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy Justice James F. Byrnes ⓘ
pageInUnitedStatesReports 160 ⓘ
party Edwards ⓘ
State of California ⓘ
petitioner Edwards ⓘ
priorHistory People v. Edwards, 35 Cal. App. 2d 673, 96 P.2d 379 (Cal. Ct. App. 1939) ⓘ
respondent California ⓘ
result California statute restricting the bringing of indigent persons into the state was struck down. ⓘ
separateOpinion concurrence by Justice Felix Frankfurter ⓘ
concurrence by Justice Harlan F. Stone ⓘ
concurrence by Justice Robert H. Jackson ⓘ
concurrence by Justice William O. Douglas ⓘ
significance considered an important step toward recognition of a constitutional right to interstate travel. ⓘ
recognized that the movement of persons is a form of interstate commerce protected from undue state burdens. ⓘ
subjectMatter constitutional limits on state regulation of interstate movement of persons ⓘ
federalism and state police powers ⓘ
topic indigency and poverty laws ⓘ
interstate commerce ⓘ
right to travel between states ⓘ
state regulation of migration ⓘ
volumeOfUnitedStatesReports 314 ⓘ
yearDecided 1941 ⓘ

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Shapiro v. Thompson → relatedCase → Edwards v. California ⓘ
Edwards v. California → fullName → Edwards v. California ⓘ
Edwards v. California → priorHistory → People v. Edwards, 35 Cal. App. 2d 673, 96 P.2d 379 (Cal. Ct. App. 1939) ⓘ
linked to: Edwards v. California