Legal Opinion
United States v. Fortier
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 11, 1951No. 14PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Per curiam
The United States brought this action under the Veterans’ Emergency Housing Act of 1946 1 to compel restitution of allegedly excessive prices charged by respondents in the sale of two houses. The District Court entered judgment for respondents, 89 F. Supp.708, and the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit affirmed, 185 F. 2d 608. We granted certiorari, 341 U. S. 925.
Maximum sales prices for the two houses had been stipulated by respondents in securing the permission to build required under Priorities Regulation 33. 2 Statutory authority for that regulation had been repealed before the sale…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- United States v. CarterCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1948
- United States v. FortierCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1950
3Cited by8 opinions
- City of Montpelier v. Barnett, Sanborn and Natural Resources BoardSupreme Court of Vermont · 2012
- Bradley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1954
- Marshall v. LaBoiCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1954
- United States v. SeeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1952
- A. W. Hartwig and Jeff Tingle v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1957
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