Legal Opinion
Anderson v. Mercado
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 25, 1947No. Nos. 4213, 4214PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Circuit Judge.
This action was brought by the Price Administrator under § 205(e) of the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942 as amended, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 925(e), to recover treble damages for the alleged delivery by defendant in Puerto Rico of 1,250,000 gallons of cane blackstrap molasses sold at an overceiling price. The sales price was 170 per gallon. The ceiling price urged by the Administrator is 13.60 per gallon, which would make the resultant overcharge $42,500, and the treble damages $127,500. Since the regulation setting the ceiling price claimed by the Administrator did…
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