Home > Great American Court Cases > A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corporation v. United States

Legal Citation: 295 U.S. 495 (1935)

Petitioner
A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corporation

Respondent
United States

Petitioner's Claim
That the code of fair business practice established under the National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933 could not affect its business because the code did not have the force of law.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
Joseph Heller

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Donald P. Richberg

Justices for the Court
Louis D. Brandeis, Pierce Butler, Benjamin N. Cardozo, Charles Evans Hughes (writing for the Court), James Clark McReynolds, Owen Josephus Roberts, Harlan Fiske Stone, George Sutherland, Willis Van Devanter

Justices Dissenting
None

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
27 May 1935

Decision
That the federal legislation establishing the...