Delegation of Legislative Authority by Congress
Cases
In the case of Field v. Clark, 143 U.S. 649, petitioner, Marshall Field & Co., et al., was subjected to taxes on imported merchandise under the tariff act approved October 1, 1890 (26 Stat. 567, c. 1244). Field & Co. claimed this was unconstitutional, and filed suit against the collector of the port of Chicago (J. M. Clark) to recover duties. The Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois upheld the provisions of the act. Field then appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
In the case of Buttfield v…
