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Legal Citation: 317 U.S. 111 (1942)

Appellant
Claude R. Wickard, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture

Appellee
Roscoe C. Filburn

Appellant's Claim
That the practice of producing surplus wheat and keeping it on a farm should be fined by the federal government.

Chief Lawyers for Appellant
Francis Biddle, U.S Attorney General; Charles Fahy, U.S. Solicitor General

Chief Lawyer for Appellee
Webb R. Clark

Justices for the Court
Hugo Lafayette Black, William O. Douglas, Felix Frankfurter, Robert H. Jackson (writing for the Court), Frank Murphy, Stanley Forman Reed, Owen Josephus Roberts, Harlan Fiske Stone

Justices Dissenting
None (James Francis Byrnes did not participate)

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
9 November 1942

Decision
The Supreme Court upheld the...