Legal Opinion
Gates v. Council of City of Huntington
District Court, S.D. West Virginia
Decided November 6, 1950No. 579PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WATKINS, District Judge.
Plaintiff filed a “Petition for Writ of' Prohibition” in the Circuit Court of Cabell' County, West’Virginia, seeking to restrain-“The Council of the City of' Huntington” from making a finding that a shortage of. rental housing accommodations exists in the City of Huntington requiring the-continuation of federal rent control, pursuant, to the provisions of Section 204(f) (1) (A) of the Housing and Rent Act of 1950, 50-*759U.S.C. A. Appendix, § 1894(f) (1) (A), providing in part as follows:
“(f) (1) The provisions of this title, except section 204(a), shall cease to be in…
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