150 East 47th Street Corp. v. Porter

MARIS, Chief Judge.

The complaint in this case was filed by the complainant on June 19, 1946, under Section 204(e) of the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, as amended, with leave of the Municipal Court of the City of New York. The complainant asks this court to set aside and declare invalid ab initio an order of the Area Rent Director of the New York City Defense-Rental Area issued on March 27, 1946, which decreased the maximum rent of complainant’s apartment 3C at 150 East 47th Street, New York City, from $85.00 per month to $67.50 per month, effective retroactively from October 1, 1945.…