Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States

E24296

Commerce Clause case U.S. Supreme Court case constitutional law case landmark case separation of powers case

Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States is a 1935 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down key provisions of the New Deal by limiting federal power under the Commerce Clause and declaring the National Industrial Recovery Act unconstitutional.

Aliases (4)

A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States ×2
A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corporation ×1
Schechter Poultry case ×1
Sick Chicken case ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Commerce Clause case → U.S. Supreme Court case → constitutional law case → landmark case → separation of powers case →
alsoKnownAs	Schechter Poultry case → Sick Chicken case →
chiefJustice	Charles Evans Hughes →
citation	295 U.S. 495 →
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted	Article I, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution → Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution → nondelegation principle derived from separation of powers →
country	United States →
court	Supreme Court of the United States →
decisionDate	1935-05-27 →
decisionType	unanimous decision →
defendant	United States →
docketNumber	854 →
fullName	A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States →
historicalContext	early New Deal era →
holding	Congress unconstitutionally delegated legislative power to the President → Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act is unconstitutional → the challenged activities were not in interstate commerce and had only an indirect effect on interstate commerce → the federal government could not regulate the intrastate poultry business at issue under the Commerce Clause →
impact	became a leading precedent on the nondelegation doctrine → contributed to the Supreme Court’s resistance to early New Deal legislation → invalidated a central component of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal program → limited federal power to regulate intrastate activities under the Commerce Clause at that time →
issue	constitutionality of the National Industrial Recovery Act → scope of Congress’s power under the Commerce Clause → unconstitutional delegation of legislative power to the President →
laterDevelopments	subsequent cases expanded the Commerce Clause beyond the narrow view in this case →
lawStruckDown	National Industrial Recovery Act →
lawStruckDownPart	Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act →
legalSubject	Commerce Clause → constitutional law → federalism → nondelegation doctrine → separation of powers →
locationOfFacts	poultry business in Brooklyn, New York →
nicknameOrigin	called the Sick Chicken case because it involved allegedly unfit chickens sold in violation of code requirements →
opinionBy	Charles Evans Hughes →
plaintiff	A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corporation →
relatedTo	National Industrial Recovery Administration → New Deal → codes of fair competition →
subjectMatter	regulation of wages, hours, and trade practices in the poultry industry →
vote	9-0 →
yearDecided	1935 →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States ("Schechter Poultry case") → Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States ("Sick Chicken case") →	alsoKnownAs
National Industrial Recovery Act → National Industrial Recovery Act →	keyCourtCase
National Recovery Administration →	declaredUnconstitutionalInCase
National Recovery Administration →	dissolvedByDecision
Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States ("A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States") →	fullName
James Clark McReynolds →	notableCase
Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States ("A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corporation") →	plaintiff
Carter v. Carter Coal Co. ("A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States") →	relatedCase
Blue Eagle →	relatedCourtCase