United States v. Dix Box Co. And Benjamin Dix, Doing Business as Dix Box Co., United States of America v. Helen Carvajal

STEPHENS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court for the Southern District of California, Central Division, in favor of appellees in an action for damages instituted by the United States against each of the defendant-appellees here involved for violation of Ceiling Price Regulation 142 during the period May 5, 1952, and January 31, 1953. 1 Ceiling Price Regulation 142 was issued under the authority of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 2061 et seq.

Each of the appellees here involved was engaged during the period in question in…