Hill v. Wallace

Hill v. Wallace

Argued January 11, 1922
Decided May 15, 1922
Full case name Hill et al. v. Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture et al.
Citations

259 U.S. 44 (more)

42 S. Ct. 453, 66 L. Ed. 822
Holding
The Futures Trading Act of 1921, approved August 24, 1921. 42 Stat. 187, c. 86, which attempted to institute Federal regulation of grain futures contract trading by imposing a prohibitive tax on futures contracts traded on any market other than those that met the requirements of the statute and were regulated by the Secretary of Agriculture was an unconstitutional exercise of the taxing power of Congress.
Court membership
Chief Justice
William H. Taft
Case opinions
Majority Taft, joined by Brandeis
Laws applied
US Constitution Article I, Sec. 8.

Hill v. Wallace, 259 U.S. 44 (1922), was a U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning the legality of the Futures Trading Act of 1921. The law, approved August 24, 1921, 42 Stat. 187 187, c. 86 by the U.S. Congress attempted to institute Federal regulation of grain futures contract trading by imposing a prohibitive tax on futures contracts traded on any market other than those that met the statute's requirements and were regulated by the Secretary of Agriculture. The court found it was an unconstitutional exercise of the taxing power of Congress. Congress responded to the Court's decision by passing the Grain Futures Act in September 1922 based on the Commerce Clause. The Grain Futures Act was held to be constitutional by the Court in Board of Trade of City of Chicago v. Olsen (1923)

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