Steward Machine Co. v. Davis

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Steward Machine Co. v. Davis is a 1937 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the federal unemployment compensation provisions of the Social Security Act, affirming broad congressional power to tax and spend for the general welfare.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
landmark case ⓘ
areaOfLaw Social Security law ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
federal taxation ⓘ
federalism ⓘ
citation 301 U.S. 548 ⓘ
57 S. Ct. 883 ⓘ
81 L. Ed. 1279 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
court Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate 1937-05-24 ⓘ
dissentingJustice Justice George Sutherland ⓘ
Justice James C. McReynolds ⓘ
Justice Pierce Butler ⓘ
Justice Willis Van Devanter ⓘ
fullCaseName Steward Machine Company v. Davis ⓘ
generalWelfareClauseInterpretation recognized broad congressional discretion in determining what serves the general welfare ⓘ
holding Congress may tax and spend for the general welfare under Article I, Section 8 ⓘ
the challenged provisions did not violate the Tenth Amendment ⓘ
the federal unemployment tax scheme did not constitute unconstitutional coercion of the states ⓘ
upheld the unemployment compensation provisions of the Social Security Act ⓘ
impact expanded understanding of congressional spending power ⓘ
served as precedent for later federal social welfare programs ⓘ
strengthened the constitutional foundation of the Social Security system ⓘ
joinedByInMajority Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes ⓘ
Justice Harlan F. Stone ⓘ
Justice Louis D. Brandeis ⓘ
Justice Owen J. Roberts ⓘ
keyDoctrine broad interpretation of the General Welfare Clause ⓘ
distinction between financial inducement and coercion of states ⓘ
permissibility of conditional federal spending toward state programs ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
legalIssue Tenth Amendment limits on federal power ⓘ
alleged coercion of states by federal tax scheme ⓘ
constitutionality of federal unemployment compensation tax ⓘ
scope of the Taxing and Spending Clause ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo ⓘ
petitioner Steward Machine Company ⓘ
relatedCase Helvering v. Davis ⓘ
United States v. Butler ⓘ
relatedConstitutionalProvision Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution ⓘ
Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
relatedStatute Social Security Act of 1935 ⓘ
relatedStatutoryProvision Title IX of the Social Security Act ⓘ
respondent Davis ⓘ
subjectMatter federal unemployment compensation tax credit scheme ⓘ
voteSplit 5–4 ⓘ
yearDecided 1937 ⓘ

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