Board of Trade of City of Chicago v. Olsen

Supreme Court of the United States

Argued February 26, 1923
Decided April 16, 1923

Full case name

Board of Trade of City of Chicago, et al. v. Olsen, U.S. Atty., et al.

Citations

262 U.S. 1 (more)

Prior history

Bill in equity dismissed, N.D. Ill.

Holding

The Grain Futures Act did not exceed the powers of Congress under the Commerce Clause.

Court membership

Chief Justice William H. Taft

Associate Justices Joseph McKenna · Oliver W. Holmes, Jr. Willis Van Devanter · James C. McReynolds George Sutherland Pierce Butler

Case opinions

Majority

Taft

Dissent

McReynolds, Sutherland

Laws applied

U.S. Const. art. I, sec. 8, cl. 3; 42 Stat. 998, c. 369 (Grain Futures Act)

Board of Trade of City of Chicago v. Olsen, 262 U.S. 1 (1923), is a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States, in which it upheld the Grain Futures Act as constitutional under the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution.

External links

, 262 U.S. 1 (1923)Board of Trade of City of Chicago v. OlsenFull text of

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Board of Trade of City of Chicago v. Olsen