United States Supreme Court cases of the Hughes Court

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United States Supreme Court cases of the Hughes Court are decisions issued between 1930 and 1941 under Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, a period marked by major rulings on New Deal legislation and the scope of federal power.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Supreme Court decisions
body of case law
appliesToJurisdiction United States federal law
followedBy United States Supreme Court cases of the Stone Court
follows United States Supreme Court cases of the Hughes Court self-linksurface differs
surface form: United States Supreme Court cases of the Taft Court
hasChiefJustice Charles Evans Hughes
hasEndTime 1941
hasLanguage English
hasLegalSubject administrative law
civil liberties
constitutional law
federalism
separation of powers
hasLocation Washington, D.C.
hasNotableDevelopment articulation of constitutional avoidance principles in Ashwander
decline of Lochner-era substantive due process in economic regulation
greater judicial deference to social and economic legislation
redefinition of the Commerce Clause scope
strengthening of federal power over the national economy
hasNotableTheme constitutionality of New Deal legislation
expansion of federal commerce power
judicial review of economic regulation
limits on state economic regulation
scope of federal power
hasStartTime 1930
includesCase Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States
surface form: A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States

Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority
Carter v. Carter Coal Co.
Crowell v. Benson
De Jonge v. Oregon
Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins
Helvering v. Davis
Herndon v. Lowry
Home Building & Loan Association v. Blaisdell
Humphrey’s Executor v. United States
Minersville School District v. Gobitis
Morgan v. Virginia Railway Co. (1938 administrative law case, not 1946 transportation case)
NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.
National Labor Relations Board v. Friedman-Harry Marks Clothing Co.
Near v. Minnesota
Nebbia v. New York
O’Gorman & Young, Inc. v. Hartford Fire Insurance Co.
Palko v. Connecticut
Steward Machine Co. v. Davis
United States v. Appalachian Electric Power Co.
United States v. Butler
United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp.
United States v. Darby
surface form: United States v. Darby Lumber Co.

West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish
namedAfter Charles Evans Hughes
partOf history of the Supreme Court of the United States

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Carter v. Carter Coal Co. category United States Supreme Court cases of the Hughes Court
Helvering v. Horst term United States Supreme Court cases of the Hughes Court
this entity surface form: October Term 1940
United States Supreme Court cases of the Stone Court follows United States Supreme Court cases of the Hughes Court
United States Supreme Court cases of the Hughes Court follows United States Supreme Court cases of the Hughes Court self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: United States Supreme Court cases of the Taft Court