Wickard v. Filburn

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Wickard v. Filburn is a landmark 1942 U.S. Supreme Court case that dramatically expanded federal regulatory power by holding that even purely local, non-commercial activity could be regulated under the Commerce Clause if it had a substantial effect on interstate commerce.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Commerce Clause case ⓘ
United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
federal courts case ⓘ
landmark case ⓘ
establishedPrinciple even non-commercial, intrastate activity may be regulated if its aggregate effect on interstate commerce is substantial ⓘ
expanded federal regulatory power under the Commerce Clause ⓘ
hasActivityAtIssue wheat production for personal consumption ⓘ
hasAreaOfLaw agricultural law ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
federalism ⓘ
hasCategory 1942 in United States case law ⓘ
United States Supreme Court cases on federalism ⓘ
United States Supreme Court cases on the Commerce Clause ⓘ
hasChiefJustice Harlan F. Stone ⓘ
hasCitation 317 U.S. 111 ⓘ
hasConstitutionalProvision Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution ⓘ
Commerce Clause ⓘ
hasContext New Deal era economic regulation ⓘ
hasCountry United States ⓘ
hasCourt Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
hasDecisionDate 1942-11-09 ⓘ
hasDecisionType unanimous decision ⓘ
hasDocketNumber 59 ⓘ
hasEra post–Lochner era ⓘ
hasFarmerName Roscoe C. Filburn ⓘ
hasFarmerState Ohio ⓘ
hasFullCaseName Roscoe C. Filburn v. Claude R. Wickard, Secretary of Agriculture ⓘ
linked to: Wickard v. Filburn
hasGovernmentOfficialParty United States Secretary of Agriculture ⓘ
hasHolding Congress may regulate purely intrastate activity that has a substantial economic effect on interstate commerce ⓘ
wheat grown for personal consumption may be regulated under the Commerce Clause ⓘ
hasImpact became a foundational precedent for broad readings of the Commerce Clause ⓘ
used to uphold later federal economic regulations ⓘ
hasKeyDoctrine aggregation principle ⓘ
substantial effects doctrine ⓘ
hasLegalIssue federal power to regulate agricultural production ⓘ
scope of the Commerce Clause ⓘ
hasOpinionAuthor Harlan F. Stone ⓘ
hasPartiesDescription dispute between a small Ohio farmer and the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture ⓘ
hasPetitioner Roscoe C. Filburn ⓘ
hasPrecedentStatus leading authority on Congress’s commerce power ⓘ
hasRespondent Claude R. Wickard ⓘ
Secretary of Agriculture of the United States ⓘ
hasResult federal quota on wheat production upheld as constitutional ⓘ
hasStatuteInvolved Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 ⓘ
hasTimePeriod World War II era ⓘ
hasVote 9-0 ⓘ
hasYearDecided 1942 ⓘ
heldThat homegrown wheat for on-farm use could affect national wheat markets in the aggregate ⓘ
limited scope of states’ exclusive control over local economic activity ⓘ

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