J. W. Hampton, Jr. & Co. v. United States

J. W. Hampton, Jr., & Co. v. United States
J. W. Hampton, Jr., & Co. v. United States
	Supreme Court of the United States
Argued March 1, 1928; Decided April 9, 1928
Full case name	J. W. Hampton, Jr. & Company v. United States
Citations	276 U.S. 394 (more) 48 S. Ct. 348; 72 L. Ed. 624; 1928 U.S. LEXIS 284
Court membership
	Chief Justice William H. Taft Associate Justices Oliver W. Holmes Jr. · Willis Van Devanter; James C. McReynolds · Louis Brandeis; George Sutherland · Pierce Butler; Edward T. Sanford · Harlan F. Stone
Case opinion
Majority	Taft, joined by a unanimous court

J. W. Hampton, Jr. & Co. v. United States, 276 U.S. 394 (1928),^[1] is a landmark^[2]^[3] case in the United States in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that congressional delegation of legislative authority is an implied power of Congress that is constitutional so long as Congress provides an "intelligible principle" to guide the executive branch.

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^ J. W. Hampton, Jr., & Co. v. United States, 276 U.S. 394 (1928).
^ Mistretta v. United States, 488 U.S. 361, 515 (1989).
^ Massey, Calvin (2001). American Constitutional Law: Powers and Liberties. Aspen Law & Business. p. 416.

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[1] J. W. Hampton, Jr., & Co. v. United States, 276 U.S. 394 (1928).

[2] Mistretta v. United States, 488 U.S. 361, 515 (1989).

[3] Massey, Calvin (2001). American Constitutional Law: Powers and Liberties. Aspen Law & Business. p. 416.

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