Frasher v. Estes

RIDGE, District Judge.

Do the United States District Courts have jurisdiction over private suits alleging rent overcharges, under the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 1881 et seq., regardless of the amount in controversy ?

The literature on this subject is rather complete, though the proper result is in doubt. A full view of the problem, as it has so far developed, can be obtained by reading three cases: McCrae v. Johnson, D.C., 84 F.Supp. 220 (Judge Chesnut’s opinion, elaborating on the reasoning in Fields v. Washington, 3 Cir., 173 F.2d 701); Adler v. Northern Hotel Co., 7…