A case in which the Court held that Congress can regulate any activity that has a substantial economic effect on interstate commerce.

U.S. Supreme Court. Wickard v. Filburn, 317 U.S. 111 (1942). Wickard v. Filburn. No. 59. Argued May 4, 1942. Reargued October 13, 1942.

Wickard v. Filburn, 317 U.S. 111 (1942), was a landmark United States Supreme Court decision that dramatically increased the regulatory power of the federal�...

Filburn (plaintiff), a small farmer, was penalized pursuant to the act for producing wheat in excess of the act's quotas. Filburn filed suit against Secretary�...

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' In answer the Government argues that the statute regulates neither production nor consumption, but only marketing; and, in the alternative, that if the Act�...

Filburn argued that the amount of wheat that he produced in excess of the quota was for his personal use (e.g., feeding his own animals), not commerce (e.g.,�...

Aug 31, 2018 � Filburn argued that Congress had overstepped its commerce power by regulating the amount of wheat he produced, because Filburn was never going�...

Wickard v. Filburn is a case decided on November 9, 1942 by the United States Supreme Court. It involved a farmer who was fined by the United States�...

The law, intended to stabilize wheat prices, was part of a system of top-down management and central planning that President Franklin D. Roosevelt's “Brain�...