Home Building & Loan Association v. Blaisdell

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Home Building & Loan Association v. Blaisdell is a 1934 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld a state mortgage moratorium law during the Great Depression, marking a major limitation on the absolute scope of the Contract Clause.

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instanceOf Contract Clause case
United States Supreme Court case
landmark case
arguedDate November 8, 1933
chiefJusticeAtDecision Charles Evans Hughes
citation 290 U.S. 398
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted Article I, Section 10 of the United States Constitution
surface form: Article I, Section 10, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution

Contract Clause
country United States of America
surface form: United States
court Supreme Court of the United States
decisionDate January 8, 1934
decisionType constitutional law decision
dissentingJustice George Sutherland
Justice James C. McReynolds
surface form: James C. McReynolds

Pierce Butler
Willis Van Devanter
fullCaseName Home Building & Loan Association v. Blaisdell self-linksurface differs
surface form: Home Building & Loan Association of Minneapolis v. Blaisdell
historicalContext Great Depression
holding Minnesota's mortgage moratorium law did not violate the Contract Clause
states may temporarily modify contractual remedies in response to a genuine emergency
the Contract Clause does not bar all state laws that affect existing contracts
impact became a leading precedent on Contract Clause jurisprudence
expanded state authority to enact emergency economic legislation
limited the previously strict interpretation of the Contract Clause
issue whether a state mortgage moratorium law violated the Contract Clause
joinedByInMajority Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo
surface form: Benjamin N. Cardozo

Justice Harlan F. Stone
surface form: Harlan F. Stone

Justice Louis D. Brandeis
surface form: Louis Brandeis

Owen Josephus Roberts
surface form: Owen J. Roberts
jurisdiction Minnesota
languageOfOpinion English
legalPrinciple state police power can justify limited impairments of contracts during emergencies
the Contract Clause is subject to reasonable regulation to protect vital public interests
majorityOpinionBy Charles Evans Hughes
originatingCourt Minnesota Supreme Court
surface form: Supreme Court of Minnesota
originatingJurisdiction Minnesota
petitioner Home Building & Loan Association of Minneapolis
relatedConcept impairment of contracts
temporary moratorium on foreclosures
reporter United States Reports
respondent John H. Blaisdell NERFINISHED
Rosella S. Blaisdell
stateLawAtIssue Minnesota Mortgage Moratorium Law
topic Great Depression emergency legislation
economic emergency
mortgage foreclosure
state police power
volume 290
vote 5–4
year 1934

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Contract Clause hasKeyCase Home Building & Loan Association v. Blaisdell
United States Supreme Court cases of the Hughes Court includesCase Home Building & Loan Association v. Blaisdell
Article I, Section 10 of the United States Constitution hasNotableCase Home Building & Loan Association v. Blaisdell
Home Building & Loan Association v. Blaisdell fullCaseName Home Building & Loan Association v. Blaisdell self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Home Building & Loan Association of Minneapolis v. Blaisdell
United States Trust Co. v. New Jersey relatedCase Home Building & Loan Association v. Blaisdell
New Deal era Supreme Court jurisprudence includesCase Home Building & Loan Association v. Blaisdell
this entity surface form: Home Building & Loan Assn. v. Blaisdell