1. what effect did the changing economic conditions of the 1930s have on the supreme court?
2. on what did the majority of the court base its decision in the west coast hotel case?
3. how was the principle of precedent treated in this case?
4. a constitutional scholar has described justice sutherland's dissent as "an obituary for a judicial
philosophy eclipsed by new realities." explain what he meant by this statement.
5. how do you think the supreme court ruled the next time a case involving an economic regulation
came before it?