United States ex rel. Brown v. Lederer

KERNER, Circuit Judge.

In this case Prentiss M. Brown, Administrator of the Office of Price Administration, brought suit to enjoin the defendants, Adolph Lederer and Arthur Lederer, co-partners doing business under the name A. Lederer Company, from selling meat for a price higher than the ceiling *862set by Maximum Price Regulation'No. 169, 7 Fed.Reg. 10381 (1942), as amended, which was promulgated pursuant to the terms of the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, 50 U.S.C.A. Appendix § 901, as amended, 56 Stat. 765. A preliminary injunction was issued in conformity with the prayer of the…