Steward Machine Company

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Steward Machine Company was an American manufacturing firm best known for its role as the petitioner in the landmark 1937 U.S. Supreme Court case Steward Machine Co. v. Davis, which upheld key provisions of the Social Security Act.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American company
United States Supreme Court case
manufacturing company
areaOfLaw constitutional law
tax law
associatedLegalDoctrine cooperative federalism
federal spending power
country United States
United States
court Supreme Court of the United States
decisionYear 1937
hasLegalCase Steward Machine Co. v. Davis
historicalSignificance party in a landmark New Deal–era Supreme Court case
holding upheld key provisions of the Social Security Act
industry manufacturing
jurisdiction United States federal law
legalIssue constitutionality of the Social Security Act
scope of federal taxing and spending power
legalStatusInCase petitioner
locationCountry United States
notableFor being petitioner in Steward Machine Co. v. Davis
involvement in litigation over the Social Security Act
petitioner Steward Machine Company
relatedTo Social Security Act of 1935
respondent Davis
roleIn Steward Machine Co. v. Davis
subjectMatter Social Security Act
federal unemployment compensation tax
timePeriod 20th century

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Steward Machine Co. v. Davis
Steward Machine Co. v. Davis
petitioner

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