Wickard v. Filburn
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Wickard v. Filburn is a landmark 1942 U.S. Supreme Court case that dramatically expanded federal regulatory power by holding that even purely local, non-commercial activity could be regulated under the Commerce Clause if it had a substantial effect on interstate commerce.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Roscoe C. Filburn v. Claude R. Wickard, Secretary of Agriculture | 1 |
| Wickard | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Commerce Clause case
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United States Supreme Court case ⓘ federal courts case ⓘ landmark case ⓘ |
| establishedPrinciple | even non-commercial, intrastate activity may be regulated if its aggregate effect on interstate commerce is substantial ⓘ |
| expanded | federal regulatory power under the Commerce Clause ⓘ |
| hasActivityAtIssue | wheat production for personal consumption ⓘ |
| hasAreaOfLaw |
agricultural law
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constitutional law ⓘ federalism ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
1942 in United States case law
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United States Supreme Court cases on federalism ⓘ United States Supreme Court cases on the Commerce Clause ⓘ |
| hasChiefJustice |
Justice Harlan F. Stone
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surface form:
Harlan F. Stone
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| hasCitation | 317 U.S. 111 ⓘ |
| hasConstitutionalProvision |
Taxing and Spending Clause
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surface form:
Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution
Commerce Clause ⓘ |
| hasContext | New Deal era economic regulation ⓘ |
| 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 | 1942-11-09 ⓘ |
| hasDecisionType | unanimous decision ⓘ |
| hasDocketNumber | 59 ⓘ |
| hasEra | post–Lochner era ⓘ |
| hasFarmerName | Roscoe C. Filburn ⓘ |
| hasFarmerState | Ohio ⓘ |
| hasFullCaseName |
Wickard v. Filburn
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Roscoe C. Filburn v. Claude R. Wickard, Secretary of Agriculture
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| hasGovernmentOfficialParty | United States Secretary of Agriculture ⓘ |
| hasHolding |
Congress may regulate purely intrastate activity that has a substantial economic effect on interstate commerce
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wheat grown for personal consumption may be regulated under the Commerce Clause ⓘ |
| hasImpact |
became a foundational precedent for broad readings of the Commerce Clause
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used to uphold later federal economic regulations ⓘ |
| hasKeyDoctrine |
aggregation principle
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substantial effects doctrine ⓘ |
| hasLegalIssue |
federal power to regulate agricultural production
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scope of the Commerce Clause ⓘ |
| hasOpinionAuthor |
Justice Harlan F. Stone
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surface form:
Harlan F. Stone
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| hasPartiesDescription | dispute between a small Ohio farmer and the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture ⓘ |
| hasPetitioner | Roscoe C. Filburn ⓘ |
| hasPrecedentStatus | leading authority on Congress’s commerce power ⓘ |
| hasRespondent |
Claude R. Wickard
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United States Secretary of Agriculture ⓘ
surface form:
Secretary of Agriculture of the United States
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| hasResult | federal quota on wheat production upheld as constitutional ⓘ |
| hasStatuteInvolved | Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 ⓘ |
| hasTimePeriod | World War II era ⓘ |
| hasVote | 9-0 ⓘ |
| hasYearDecided | 1942 ⓘ |
| heldThat | homegrown wheat for on-farm use could affect national wheat markets in the aggregate ⓘ |
| limited | scope of states’ exclusive control over local economic activity ⓘ |
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Roscoe C. Filburn v. Claude R. Wickard, Secretary of Agriculture