Which case limited federal power by holding that Congress could not use the Commerce Clause to regulate manufacturing monopolies directly?
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Correct answer: United States v. E. C. Knight Co.
United States v. E. C. Knight Co. held that manufacturing was not the same as commerce. This limited Congress's ability to use the Commerce Clause against a sugar manufacturing monopoly.
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