Legal Opinion
In re Rice
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 15, 1947No. 9386PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILBUR K. MILLER, Associate Justice.
The problem presented by this appeal is whether one who owns taxicabs and rents them to others for operation is in the status of a public utility under the law of this jurisdiction, for upon the answer to that question depends the applicability vel non of *618the now expired Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, as amended,1 and Maximum Price Regulation 571 2 promulgated thereunder, to Carlton L, Rice, who owned and rented taxicabs in the District of Columbia.
The Regulation clearly purported to cover, in general, the rental of taxicabs. Apparently suspecting…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Davies Warehouse Co. v. BowlesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Fleming v. Mohawk Wrecking & Lumber Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Bowles v. WheelerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1945
- Bowles v. Nu Way Laundry Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1944
- Untersinger v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1950
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3Cited by6 opinions
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