Nebbia v. New York

E284993

United States Supreme Court case landmark decision

Nebbia v. New York is a 1934 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld state regulation of milk prices and marked a major retreat from the Lochner-era limits on economic regulation under the Due Process Clause.

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Label	Occurrences
Nebbia v. New York canonical	3
Leo Nebbia v. People of the State of New York	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Supreme Court case ⓘ landmark decision ⓘ
areaOfLaw	constitutional law ⓘ economic liberty ⓘ substantive due process ⓘ
citation	291 U.S. 502 ⓘ
constitutionalProvision	Due Process Clause ⓘ surface form: Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate	1934-03-05 ⓘ
dissentingJustices	George Sutherland ⓘ James Clark McReynolds ⓘ Pierce Butler ⓘ Willis Van Devanter ⓘ
dissentingOpinionBy	James Clark McReynolds ⓘ
fullCaseName	Nebbia v. New York self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Leo Nebbia v. People of the State of New York
geographicScope	New York State ⓘ surface form: State of New York
historicalEra	Lochner v. New York ⓘ surface form: Lochner era
holding	a state may adopt economic policies reasonably deemed to promote public welfare and enforce them by appropriate regulations ⓘ state regulation of milk prices did not violate the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
impact	reduced judicial scrutiny of state economic legislation under the Due Process Clause ⓘ
industryInvolved	dairy industry ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
legalIssue	constitutionality of state regulation of milk prices ⓘ scope of Due Process Clause in economic regulation ⓘ
majorityJustices	Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo ⓘ surface form: Benjamin Cardozo Charles Evans Hughes ⓘ Justice Harlan F. Stone ⓘ surface form: Harlan F. Stone Justice Louis D. Brandeis ⓘ surface form: Louis Brandeis Justice Owen J. Roberts ⓘ surface form: Owen J. Roberts
majorityOpinionBy	Justice Owen J. Roberts ⓘ surface form: Owen J. Roberts
overruledPriorDoctrine	strict substantive due process limits on price regulation associated with Lochner v. New York ⓘ
petitioner	Leo Nebbia ⓘ
precedentialStatus	good law as to deference to economic regulation ⓘ
principle	a state is free to adopt whatever economic policy may reasonably be deemed to promote public welfare ⓘ courts will not override economic policy choices if the law has a reasonable relation to a proper legislative purpose ⓘ there is no closed class of businesses affected with a public interest ⓘ
productInvolved	milk ⓘ
relatedCase	Lochner v. New York ⓘ Munn v. Illinois ⓘ West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish ⓘ
respondent	New York ⓘ surface form: State of New York
significance	expanded deference to state economic regulation under the Due Process Clause ⓘ laid groundwork for later New Deal–era decisions upholding economic regulation ⓘ marked a major retreat from Lochner-era limits on economic regulation ⓘ
stateLawInvolved	New York milk control law ⓘ
subjectMatter	economic regulation ⓘ police power of the state ⓘ price controls ⓘ
typeOfRegulation	minimum retail price controls ⓘ
yearDecided	1934 ⓘ

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Lochner v. New York → relatedCase → Nebbia v. New York ⓘ

United States Supreme Court cases of the Hughes Court → includesCase → Nebbia v. New York ⓘ

Nebbia v. New York → fullCaseName → Nebbia v. New York self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Leo Nebbia v. People of the State of New York

New Deal era Supreme Court jurisprudence → includesCase → Nebbia v. New York ⓘ