The Act and tariffs imposed by America's trading partners in retaliation were major factors of the reduction of American exports and imports by 67% during the Depression. Economists and economic historians have a consensus view that the passage of the Smoot–Hawley Tariff worsened the effects of the Great Depression.
A dispute over a contract between two people in the same city would most likely be heard first in a "local court", unless of course the dispute is over something very serious, such as a violent crime.
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