Poultry Corporation V. US Schechter Brothers Case Brief Summary

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Ava. Baghaevaji 1) Name of the Case: Schechter Poultry Corporation v. United States 295 U.S. 495, 55 S. CT. 837 (1935) 2) Facts of the Case: The Schechter brothers ran a slaughterhouse in New York City which would kill and supply chickens to local stores. The brothers were convicted and tried by a federal district for violating standards set by the National Recovery Administration. This act was created under the Industrial Recovery Act of 1933 as part of President Delano Roosevelt's New Deal and it was met to set fair standards for businesses when it came to wages, hours and working conditions. Once convicted the Schechter brothers went on to appeal to the Supreme Court. 3) Legal Question Presented: Did the National Industrial Recovery Act give unconstitutional powers to the Executive Branch? Yes. 4)Holding: …show more content…

Every Justice agreed that Congress had unconstitutionally granted the President certain powers which lead to the wrongful conviction of the Schechter brothers. The Supreme Court ruled in the favor of the Schechter brothers on two grounds. The first being that the Schechter brothers were outside of the scope of Congress's regulatory power when it came to interstate commerce. The court justified this by stating that the Schechters were involved with intrastate commerce that only had an indirect effect on interstate commerce. The second ground in which the Court ruled in favor of the brothers was delivered in the opinion of the Court by Chief Justice Hughes. Justice Hughes stating that the portion of the National Industrial Recovery Act which included the Live Poultry Code gave unconstitutional power to the Executive

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