Brown v. Willingham

Sep 1, 1943
Civil Action No. 238
Reporters:
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Before:
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DEA VER, District Judge.

This case having been heard on defendants’ motion ‍​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‍to dismiss the action, after argument of counsel thereon, it is ordered that said motion to dismiss be sustained on the ground ‍​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‍that the rent provisions of the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, 50 U.S.C.A. Appendix § 901 et seq., and the regulations ‍​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‍promulgated pursuant thereto, are unconstitutional and invalid, for the reasons stated in the opinion of this court in the case of ‍​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‍Payne v. Griffin, D.C.M.D. Ga. 51 F.Supp. 588, a copy of which is filed as the opinion in this case and made a ‍​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‍part of the record in this case.

The action is hereby dismissed.