WICKARD V. FILBURN
317 U.S. 111 (1942)
NATURE OF THE CASE: This is an action to enjoin the enforcement of penalty provisions of
the Agricultural Adjustment Act.
FACTS: Filburn (P) owned a wheat farm. P sold some of his crops, and his family used the
rest. The Agriculture Adjustment Act controlled the volume of wheat put into interstate
commerce. P exceeded his allotted production of wheat. Wickard (D), the Secretary of
Agriculture, assessed a penalty on P. P refused to pay this penalty. He claimed that the Act
regulated purely local production and consumption which had at most an indirect effect on
interstate commerce. P filed his complaint and sought to enjoin enforcement against himself.
P also sought a declaratory judgment that the wheat marketing quota provisions of the Act
were unconstitutional because not sustainable under the Commerce Clause or consistent with
the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment. The case was submitted for decision on the
pleadings and upon a stipulation of facts. The judgment permanently enjoined D from
collecting a marketing penalty of more than 15 cents a bushel on the farm marketing excess
of P's 1941 wheat crop, from subjecting P's entire 1941 crop to a lien for the payment of
the penalty, and from collecting a 15-cent penalty except in accordance with the provisions
of 339 of the Act. D appealed.
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