City of Cleveland v. Piskura

The appellant contends that the ordinance here in question is repugnant to, and invades a field controlled by, the provisions of the Emergency Price Control Act; that the ordinance is unconstitutional, being in conflict with Article VI of, and Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment to, the Constitution of the United States; and that it constitutes a delegation of legislative power contrary to the Constitution of Ohio.

In January 1942, the Congress of the United States passed the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, which is found in Title 50, Appendix, Sections 901 to 946, both inclusive,, U.…