Gonzales vs. McCulloch 1934

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf court case
gptkbp:caseOutcome expanded federal powers
federal law upheld
gptkbp:caseTypes constitutional law
No. 1
gptkbp:court gptkb:William_Rehnquist
gptkb:Lewis_F._Powell_Jr.
gptkb:Sonia_Sotomayor
gptkb:Potter_Stewart
gptkb:Tom_C._Clark
gptkb:Elena_Kagan
gptkb:Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg
gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkb:William_O._Douglas
gptkb:Byron_White
gptkb:Harry_Blackmun
gptkb:Hugo_Black
gptkb:Anthony_Kennedy
gptkb:William_J._Brennan_Jr.
gptkb:Felix_Frankfurter
gptkb:John_Marshall_Harlan_II
January 15, 1934
October Term 1933
gptkbp:date 1934
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court
gptkbp:historicalContext Great Depression
gptkbp:historicalEvent appealed from lower court
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Gonzales vs. McCulloch 1934
gptkbp:impact influenced future federalism cases
gptkbp:judges gptkb:Justice_Hugo_Black
yes
affirmed lower court ruling
upheld federal regulations
no_dissent
gptkbp:legalStatus federalism
strengthened federal government
Supremacy Clause
federal authority vs. state authority
federal vs. state jurisdiction
attorney_for_Gonzales
attorney_for_McCulloch
gptkbp:notableFeature important for state-federal relations
293 U.S. 1 (1934)
examined federal powers
gptkbp:outcome upheld federal authority
gptkbp:politicalAffiliation gptkb:McCulloch
Gonzales
gptkbp:politicalParty unanimous decision
gptkbp:precedent federal regulatory power
gptkbp:relatedPatent gptkb:Gibbons_v._Ogden
gptkb:Wickard_v._Filburn
gptkbp:relatedTo Commerce Clause
gptkbp:significance established precedent for federal power