Newberry v. United States

Newberry v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 7, 10, 1921 Decided May 2, 1921
Full case name	Newberry, et al. v. United States
Citations	256 U.S. 232 (more) 41 S. Ct. 469; 65 L. Ed. 913; 1921 U.S. LEXIS 1632
Case history
Prior	Error to the District Count of the U.S. for the Western District of Michigan
Holding
Authority to control party primaries or conventions for designating candidates not bestowed on Congress by U.S. Constitution.
Court membership
Chief Justice Edward D. White Associate Justices Joseph McKenna · Oliver W. Holmes Jr. William R. Day · Willis Van Devanter Mahlon Pitney · James C. McReynolds Louis Brandeis · John H. Clarke
Case opinions
Majority	McReynolds, joined by Holmes, Day, Van Devanter; McKenna (in part)
Concurrence	McKenna (in part)
Concur/dissent	White
Concur/dissent	Pitney, joined by Brandeis, Clarke
Laws applied
Federal Corrupt Practices Act; 1913 Mich. Pub. Acts 109, Sec. 1; U.S. Const. Art. I, Sec. 4; U.S. Const., 17th Amend.
Superseded by
United States v. Classic (1941)

Newberry v. United States, 256 U.S. 232 (1921), is a decision by the United States Supreme Court which held that the United States Constitution did not grant the United States Congress the authority to regulate political party primaries or nomination processes.^[1] The court struck down 1911 amendments to the Federal Corrupt Practices Act which placed spending limits on candidate and political election committee spending in primaries or other nomination processes for federal office.