Supreme Court· 4/28/1947

Fleming v. Mohawk Wrecking & Lumber Co.

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331 U.S. 111
67 S. Ct. 1129
91 L. Ed. 1375
1947 U.S. LEXIS 2851

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even though statute does not expressly grant the President the authority to create a new agency, the fact that the President has consistently construed the statute as conferring such authority is entitled to “great weight”
holding that broad grant of rulemak-ing power “may itself be an adequate source of authority to delegate a particular function, unless by express provision of the Act or by implication it has been withheld”

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Judges: Douglas, Jackson, Black

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