Bowles v. Richards

McCOLLOCH, District Judge.

Defendant has several cottages at Seaside, Oregon. She says the cottages are “the nicest there.” Because she had rented the cottages “the year round,” OPA put her under a rental ceiling on that basis, although it did not impose ceilings on her summer competitors, who did not rent, or at least had not previously rented, during the winter months. As the result of this discriminatory setup, defendant testified that “shacks across the street” brought more during the summer months than she was able to obtain for her modern well furnished cottages.

Having had limited…