Fighting foreclosure: the Blaisdell case, the contract clause, and the Great Depression

Origins of the contract clause

The Supreme Court and the contract clause prior to Blaisdell

"And we don't mean maybe" : farmers demand a holiday

Passing the Minnesota Mortgage Moratorium Act

The Minnesota Mortgage Moratorium Act in state court

The Hughes Court : four horsemen, three musketeers, and two swingers

The Supreme Court decides : a "rational compromise between individual rights and public welfare"

Reaction to the Blaisdell decision

The death of the contract cause?

Postscript on the Great Recession's mortgage crisis

Relevant cases

Chronology.