Supreme Court case Yakus v. United States
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United States Supreme Court case
administrative law case
federal criminal case
nondelegation doctrine case
separation of powers case
Yakus v. United States is a 1944 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld wartime price controls and affirmed broad congressional delegation of authority to administrative agencies.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Supreme Court case Yakus v. United States canonical | 1 |
| Yakus v. United States | 1 |
| Yakus v. United States (1944) | 1 |
| Yakus v. United States, 321 U.S. 414 (1944) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2083177 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Supreme Court case Yakus v. United States Context triple: [Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, subjectOf, Supreme Court case Yakus v. United States]
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Reynolds v. United States
Reynolds v. United States is an 1879 U.S. Supreme Court case that established the distinction between protected religious belief and regulable religiously motivated conduct, holding that the Free Exercise Clause does not excuse individuals from compliance with otherwise valid criminal laws such as those banning polygamy.
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Katz v. United States
Katz v. United States is a landmark 1967 Supreme Court case that redefined Fourth Amendment protections by establishing that the amendment safeguards people’s reasonable expectations of privacy, not just physical places.
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C.
Abrams v. United States
Abrams v. United States was a 1919 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the conviction of antiwar activists under federal law and is best known for Justice Holmes’s famous dissent articulating the “marketplace of ideas” concept in free speech jurisprudence.
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D.
Carpenter v. United States
Carpenter v. United States is a 2018 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held the government generally must obtain a warrant to access historical cell phone location records under the Fourth Amendment.
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E.
Dennis v. United States
Dennis v. United States is a landmark 1951 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the convictions of Communist Party leaders under the Smith Act, significantly shaping First Amendment jurisprudence on speech advocating the overthrow of the government.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Supreme Court case Yakus v. United States Target entity description: Yakus v. United States is a 1944 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld wartime price controls and affirmed broad congressional delegation of authority to administrative agencies.
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A.
Reynolds v. United States
Reynolds v. United States is an 1879 U.S. Supreme Court case that established the distinction between protected religious belief and regulable religiously motivated conduct, holding that the Free Exercise Clause does not excuse individuals from compliance with otherwise valid criminal laws such as those banning polygamy.
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B.
Katz v. United States
Katz v. United States is a landmark 1967 Supreme Court case that redefined Fourth Amendment protections by establishing that the amendment safeguards people’s reasonable expectations of privacy, not just physical places.
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C.
Abrams v. United States
Abrams v. United States was a 1919 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the conviction of antiwar activists under federal law and is best known for Justice Holmes’s famous dissent articulating the “marketplace of ideas” concept in free speech jurisprudence.
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D.
Carpenter v. United States
Carpenter v. United States is a 2018 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held the government generally must obtain a warrant to access historical cell phone location records under the Fourth Amendment.
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E.
Dennis v. United States
Dennis v. United States is a landmark 1951 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the convictions of Communist Party leaders under the Smith Act, significantly shaping First Amendment jurisprudence on speech advocating the overthrow of the government.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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administrative law case ⓘ federal criminal case ⓘ nondelegation doctrine case ⓘ separation of powers case ⓘ |
| hasAreaOfLaw |
administrative law
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constitutional law ⓘ criminal law ⓘ |
| hasChiefJustice |
Justice Harlan F. Stone
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surface form:
Harlan F. Stone
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| hasCitation | 321 U.S. 414 ⓘ |
| hasContext | World War II ⓘ |
| hasCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| hasCourt | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| hasDecisionDate | 1944 ⓘ |
| hasDissentingJustice |
Frank Murphy
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Owen Josephus Roberts ⓘ
surface form:
Owen J. Roberts
Justice Wiley B. Rutledge ⓘ
surface form:
Wiley B. Rutledge
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| hasDoctrine |
intelligible principle test
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nondelegation doctrine ⓘ |
| hasEra | New Deal and World War II era Supreme Court jurisprudence ⓘ |
| hasFullCitation |
Supreme Court case Yakus v. United States
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Yakus v. United States, 321 U.S. 414 (1944)
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| hasLegalIssue |
constitutionality of wartime price controls
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due process in administrative review of regulations ⓘ scope of congressional delegation of legislative power ⓘ |
| hasMajorityOpinionAuthor |
Justice Harlan F. Stone
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surface form:
Harlan F. Stone
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| hasPetitioner | Yakus ⓘ |
| hasPrecedentStatus | binding precedent on federal delegation of power ⓘ |
| hasRelatedConcept |
administrative review procedures
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price control ⓘ wartime emergency powers ⓘ |
| hasRespondent |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| hasSignificance |
affirmed broad congressional power to delegate regulatory authority during wartime
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illustrates judicial deference to administrative agencies in economic regulation ⓘ is a leading case on the nondelegation doctrine ⓘ limited the ability of criminal defendants to collaterally attack underlying regulations ⓘ |
| hasStatuteInvolved | Emergency Price Control Act of 1942 ⓘ |
| held |
Congress could delegate broad authority to an administrative agency with an intelligible principle
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criminal prosecutions could be based on regulations issued by the Price Administrator ⓘ limiting challenges to regulations to a special review procedure did not violate due process ⓘ the statutory standard for price control was sufficiently definite to satisfy the nondelegation doctrine ⓘ wartime price controls under the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942 were constitutional ⓘ |
| involvedAgency | Office of Price Administration ⓘ |
| involvedOfficial | Price Administrator ⓘ |
| upheld |
Emergency Price Control Act of 1942
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broad congressional delegation of authority to administrative agencies ⓘ criminal convictions for violating maximum price regulations ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Supreme Court case Yakus v. United States Description of subject: Yakus v. United States is a 1944 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld wartime price controls and affirmed broad congressional delegation of authority to administrative agencies.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Yakus v. United States (1944)
United States Supreme Court cases of the Stone Court
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includesCase
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Supreme Court case Yakus v. United States
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this entity surface form:
Yakus v. United States
Supreme Court case Yakus v. United States
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hasFullCitation
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Supreme Court case Yakus v. United States
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subject surface form:
Yakus v. United States
this entity surface form:
Yakus v. United States, 321 U.S. 414 (1944)