Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States
A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States, 295 U.S. 495 (1935), was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States that invalidated regulations of the poultry industry according to the nondelegation doctrine and as an invalid use of Congress' power under the commerce clause. This was a unanimous decision that rendered the National Industrial Recovery Act, a main component of President Roosevelt's New Deal, unconstitutional.
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- SCHECHTER POULTRY CORP. V. UNITED STATES: An entry from Thomson Gale's West's Encyclopedia of American Law<...
- SCHECHTER POULTRY CORP. v. UNITED STATES 295 U.S. 495 (1935): An entry from Macmillan Reference USA's Encyclopedia... - LEONARD W. LEVY
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