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Constitutional Law - Validity Of Rent Provisions Of Emergency Price Control Act, George T. Schilling
Constitutional Law - Validity Of Rent Provisions Of Emergency Price Control Act, George T. Schilling
Michigan Law Review
The administrator of the Office of Price Administration brought an action in a federal district court to enjoin defendant from violating the rent provisions of the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, and orders and regulations issued pursuant thereto. Defendant, by way of counterclaim, challenged the constitutionality of the act and Regulation No. 10 and sought an in junction restraining plaintiff from enforcing against her the provisions of the act, from interfering with the use and occupancy of her premises and her right to invoke the jurisdiction of the state courts, and requesting the suspension of the penal provisions of …
Constitutional Law - Constitutionality Of Tire Rationing, Malcolm M. Davisson
Constitutional Law - Constitutionality Of Tire Rationing, Malcolm M. Davisson
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff, Price Administrator, sought to enjoin defendants from selling rubber tires and tubes to consumers without tire rationing certificates as required by the tire rationing regulations. Defendants contended that the regulations were void under the Fifth Amendment as taking of property without due process of law and without just or any compensation. Held, judgment for plaintiff. The tire rationing regulations, a proper exercise of the war powers vested by Congress in the President or some duly constituted department, agency, or officer of the federal government, are not in contravention of the prohibition of the Fifth Amendment against the taking …