Legal Opinion
Bowles v. Westbrook Defense Homes, Inc.
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided May 1, 1945No. 1314PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, District Judge.
This is an action under the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, as amended, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 901 et seq., for in-junctive relief requiring the return by a landlord to tenants of security deposits held under the terms of leases on priority constructed housing.
It has been the contention of the Administrator that security deposits are rent and controlled by the language of the Rent Regulations for Housing in effect prior to September 1, 1944. Following District Court decisions that the regulations as then worded did not prohibit the practice of requiring security…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Yakus v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Bowles v. WillinghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Lockerty v. PhillipsSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Marshall v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1944
- Brown v. Bayview Manor Homes, Inc.District Court, E.D. Virginia · 1943
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Waldschimdt v. Appleton Investment Co. (In Re Zienel Furniture, Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1981
- Bowles v. Manchester Development Corp.District Court, D. Connecticut · 1945
- Scala v. RuchlamerAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1947