Legal Opinion
United States v. Hart
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided October 13, 1949No. Civ. A. 434PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRYAN, District Judge.
The plaintiff has moved to strike the defendants’ demand for a jury in this case, saying that the plaintiff’s claims are equitable in character and not triable by a jury as of right.
The action is brought under the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, as amended, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, §§ 901-946, and under secs. 205 and 206 of the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as amended, 50 U.S.C.A. Appendix, §§ 1881-1902. It seeks a mandatory injunction to compel the defendants as landlords to refund to certain of their tenants amounts alleged to be overcharges in rents, a preliminary…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Porter v. Warner Holding Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
- United States v. BernardCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1913
- Shearer v. PorterCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1946
3Cited by15 opinions
- United States v. The J. B. Williams Company, Inc., and Parkson Advertising Agency, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
- Superior Construction Co. v. ElmoCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1954
- Beals v. Washington International, Inc.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1978
- Grossblatt v. WrightCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1951
- Orkin Exterminating Co. of So. Fla., Inc. v. Truly Nolen, Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1960
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