The following excerpt is from Todd Shipyards Corp. v. Witthuhn, 596 F.2d 899 (9th Cir. 1979):
Petitioners bear the burden of overcoming the presumption of constitutionality which attaches to amended 909 as a "legislative Act( ) adjusting the burdens and benefits of economic life." Usery v. Turner Elkhorn Mining Co., 1976, 428 U.S. 1, 15, 96 S.Ct. 2882, 2892, 49 L.Ed.2d 752.
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