Roscoe C. Filburn
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Roscoe C. Filburn was an Ohio farmer best known as the respondent in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Wickard v. Filburn, which significantly expanded the federal government’s power under the Commerce Clause.
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
farmer
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 ⓘ |
| causeOf | constitutional challenge leading to Wickard v. Filburn ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer | self-employed farmer ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | agriculture ⓘ |
| hasEffectOn | expansion of federal power under the Commerce Clause ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
interpretation of the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution
ⓘ
scope of federal regulatory power over intrastate economic activity ⓘ |
| hasLegacy | central figure in one of the most cited Commerce Clause cases ⓘ |
| hasRole | respondent in Wickard v. Filburn ⓘ |
| industry | farming ⓘ |
| involvedIn | federal agricultural production regulations dispute ⓘ |
| knownFor | being the respondent in Wickard v. Filburn ⓘ |
| legalIssue | federal limits on wheat production for personal use ⓘ |
| legalOutcomeFor | lost his challenge in the Supreme Court in Wickard v. Filburn ⓘ |
| legalStatusInCase | party to a United States Supreme Court case ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
United States Supreme Court case summaries
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constitutional law casebooks ⓘ |
| notableWork | His role in the Supreme Court case Wickard v. Filburn ⓘ |
| occupation | farmer ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Claude R. Wickard
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surface form:
Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. Wickard
|
| participantIn | Wickard v. Filburn ⓘ |
| partOf | history of New Deal–era economic regulation ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | Ohio ⓘ |
| positionInCase | challenged federal production quotas ⓘ |
| residence | Ohio ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
United States Supreme Court jurisprudence on the Commerce Clause
ⓘ
legal scholarship on Wickard v. Filburn ⓘ |
| typeOfFarmProductInDispute | wheat ⓘ |
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