Home Building & Loan Association v. Blaisdell

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Home Building & Loan Association v. Blaisdell is a 1934 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld a state mortgage moratorium law during the Great Depression, marking a major limitation on the absolute scope of the Contract Clause.

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instanceOf Contract Clause case ⓘ
United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
landmark case ⓘ
arguedDate November 8, 1933 ⓘ
chiefJusticeAtDecision Charles Evans Hughes ⓘ
citation 290 U.S. 398 ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted Article I, Section 10, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution ⓘ
Contract Clause ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
court Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate January 8, 1934 ⓘ
decisionType constitutional law decision ⓘ
dissentingJustice George Sutherland ⓘ
James C. McReynolds ⓘ
Pierce Butler ⓘ
Willis Van Devanter ⓘ
fullCaseName Home Building & Loan Association of Minneapolis v. Blaisdell ⓘ
historicalContext Great Depression ⓘ
holding Minnesota's mortgage moratorium law did not violate the Contract Clause ⓘ
states may temporarily modify contractual remedies in response to a genuine emergency ⓘ
the Contract Clause does not bar all state laws that affect existing contracts ⓘ
impact became a leading precedent on Contract Clause jurisprudence ⓘ
expanded state authority to enact emergency economic legislation ⓘ
limited the previously strict interpretation of the Contract Clause ⓘ
issue whether a state mortgage moratorium law violated the Contract Clause ⓘ
joinedByInMajority Benjamin N. Cardozo ⓘ
Harlan F. Stone ⓘ
Louis Brandeis ⓘ
Owen J. Roberts ⓘ
jurisdiction Minnesota ⓘ
languageOfOpinion English ⓘ
legalPrinciple state police power can justify limited impairments of contracts during emergencies ⓘ
the Contract Clause is subject to reasonable regulation to protect vital public interests ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy Charles Evans Hughes ⓘ
originatingCourt Supreme Court of Minnesota ⓘ
originatingJurisdiction Minnesota ⓘ
petitioner Home Building & Loan Association of Minneapolis ⓘ
relatedConcept impairment of contracts ⓘ
temporary moratorium on foreclosures ⓘ
reporter United States Reports ⓘ
respondent John H. Blaisdell ⓘ
Rosella S. Blaisdell ⓘ
stateLawAtIssue Minnesota Mortgage Moratorium Law ⓘ
topic Great Depression emergency legislation ⓘ
economic emergency ⓘ
mortgage foreclosure ⓘ
state police power ⓘ
volume 290 ⓘ
vote 5–4 ⓘ
year 1934 ⓘ

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United States Supreme Court cases of the Hughes Court → includesCase → Home Building & Loan Association v. Blaisdell ⓘ
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Home Building & Loan Association v. Blaisdell → fullCaseName → Home Building & Loan Association of Minneapolis v. Blaisdell ⓘ
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United States Trust Co. v. New Jersey → relatedCase → Home Building & Loan Association v. Blaisdell ⓘ
New Deal era Supreme Court jurisprudence → includesCase → Home Building & Loan Assn. v. Blaisdell ⓘ
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Contract Clause of the U.S. Constitution → majorCase → Home Building & Loan Association v. Blaisdell ⓘ