Board of Trade of City of Chicago v. Olsen

Board of Trade of City of Chicago v. Olsen
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued February 26, 1923 Decided April 16, 1923
Full case name	Board of Trade of City of Chicago, et al. v. Olsen, U.S. Atty., et al.
Citations	262 U.S. 1 (more)
Prior history	Bill in equity dismissed, N.D. Ill.
Holding
The Grain Futures Act did not exceed the powers of Congress under the Commerce Clause.
Court membership
Chief Justice William H. Taft Associate Justices Joseph McKenna · Oliver W. Holmes, Jr. Willis Van Devanter · James C. McReynolds Louis Brandeis · George Sutherland Pierce Butler
Case opinions
Majority	Taft
Dissent	McReynolds, Sutherland
Laws applied
U.S. Const. art. I, sec. 8, cl. 3; 42 Stat. 998, c. 369 (Grain Futures Act)

Board of Trade of City of Chicago v. Olsen, 262 U.S. 1 (1923), is a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States, in which it upheld the Grain Futures Act as constitutional under the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution.

See also

• List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 262

External links

• Full text of Board of Trade of City of Chicago v. Olsen, 262 U.S. 1 (1923)