affectation doctrine
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From 334 U.S. 219 - Mandeville Island Farms, Inc. v. American Crystal Sugar Co. · 1948Most cited · 1,314 citing opinions
the essence of the affectation doctrine was that the exact location of this line made no difference, if the forbidden effects flowed across it to the injury of interstate commerce or to the hindrance or defeat of congressional policy regarding it.