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United States Ex Rel. Brown v. Lederer

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided January 15, 1944No. 8405PublishedCited by 36 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EVANS, Circuit Judge.

Appellant prosecutes this appeal from a sentence imposed upon him in a criminal contempt proceeding wherein he was charged with a violation of an injunction which restrained him from selling meat at prices in excess of Revised Maximum Price Regulation No. 169.

Briefly stated, the evidence disclosed:

Appellant was engaged as a wholesaler of meats when the Emergency Price Control Act became a law, January 30, 1942, 50 U.S.C.A. Appendix § 901 et seq. His customers were retail butchers. This Act, Sec. 2 (a) and (b), granted authority to the Price Administrator to regulate and…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Thornton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
  2. Jurney v. MacCrackenSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
  3. McCann v. New York Stock ExchangeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1935
  4. Lyons Milling Co. v. Goffe & Carkener, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1931
  5. Creekmore v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1916

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3Cited by36 opinions

  1. Young v. United States Ex Rel. Vuitton Et Fils S. A.Supreme Court of the United States · 1987
  2. Green v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  3. United States v. Lawrence Victor Miller, A/K/A Larry MillerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
  4. Sutton v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1946
  5. United States v. Alek FidanianCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972

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