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Commentary By Josh Blackman

Today in Supreme Court History: August 16, 1933

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8/16/1933: President Roosevelt adopts the Code of Fair Competition for the Governance of the Petroleum Industry. The Supreme Court declared those codes unconstitutional in Panama Refining Co. v. Ryan (1935).

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Josh Blackman is an adjunct fellow at the Manhattan Institute.