Board of Trade of City of Chicago v. Olsen

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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 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 Howard Taft Associate Justices: Joseph McKenna, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Willis Van Devanter, James Clark McReynolds, Louis Brandeis, George Sutherland, Pierce Butler
Case opinions
Majority by: Taft Dissent by: 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.

[edit] See also

• List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 262

[edit] External links

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