Shapiro v. United States

Petitioner was tried on charges of having made tie-in sales in violation of regulations under the Emergency Price Control Act.1 A plea in bar, claiming immunity from prosecution based on § 202 (g) 2 of the Act, was *4overruled by the trial judge; judgment of conviction followed and was affirmed on appeal. 159 F. 2d 890. A contrary conclusion was reached by the district judge in United States v. Hoffman, post, p. 77. Because this conflict involves an important question of statutory construction, these cases were brought here and heard together. Additional minor considerations involved in the…