Legal Opinion
Lichter v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided October 11, 1948No. 105PublishedCited by 474 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Burton
The Renegotiation Act,1 in time of crisis, presented to this nation a new legislative solution of a major phase *746of the problem of national defense against world-wide aggression. Through its contribution to our production program it sought to enable us to take the leading part in winning World War II on an unprecedented scale of total global warfare without abandoning our traditional faith in and reliance upon private enterprise and individual initiative devoted to the public welfare.
In each of the three cases before us the principal issue is the constitutionality, on its face, of the…
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