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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| Steward Machine Company v. Davis | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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landmark case ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
Social Security law
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constitutional law ⓘ federal taxation ⓘ federalism ⓘ |
| citation |
301 U.S. 548
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57 S. Ct. 883 ⓘ 81 L. Ed. 1279 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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United States
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| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1937-05-24 ⓘ |
| dissentingJustice |
Justice George Sutherland
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Justice James C. McReynolds ⓘ Justice Pierce Butler ⓘ Justice Willis Van Devanter ⓘ |
| fullCaseName |
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| 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
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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
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served as precedent for later federal social welfare programs ⓘ strengthened the constitutional foundation of the Social Security system ⓘ |
| joinedByInMajority |
Charles Evans Hughes
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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
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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
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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
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United States v. Butler ⓘ |
| relatedConstitutionalProvision |
Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution
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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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