Butler

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Butler is the party that served as the defendant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case United States v. Butler, which addressed the constitutionality of certain New Deal agricultural policies.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf legal case defendant
party to a lawsuit
areaOfLaw agricultural regulation
federalism
taxing and spending power
caseCitation United States v. Butler, 297 U.S. 1 (1936)
caseType constitutional law case
constitutionalProvisionInvolved Spending Clause of the U.S. Constitution
Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
countryOfJurisdiction United States of America
courtDecisionOutcome Agricultural Adjustment Act held unconstitutional
decisionYear 1936
hasNotableFor being an early Supreme Court setback for New Deal legislation
limiting federal power over agriculture through conditional spending
isPartOf New Deal era Supreme Court jurisprudence
issueInCase constitutionality of federal agricultural policies
scope of the federal taxing and spending power
jurisdictionOfCase Supreme Court of the United States
legalQuestion whether the Agricultural Adjustment Act exceeded Congress’s powers under the Constitution
opponentInCase United States
partyInCase United States v. Butler
relatedDoctrine coercion through conditional federal spending
general welfare clause interpretation
relatedTo Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933
New Deal
roleInCase defendant

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
United States v. Butler
defendant

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