Legal Opinion
Silverfarb v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 1, 1944No. Nos. 219, 220PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RICHARDSON, Chief Judge.
Defendant has appealed from convictions on two informations charging sales of onions at prices exceeding the maximum ceiling price fixed by regulation under the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942.1 The cases were consolidated and tried by jury. Each alleged sale was of a 50-pound sack of onions, on which the ceiling price was $3.03. It was claimed by the prosecution that appellant sold one sack to an investigator of the Office of Price Administration for $6.50 and two weeks later sold a second sack to an employee of a private mercantile company for $6.
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2Cases cited14 opinions
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. BairdSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Holmes v. GoldsmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Burton v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1896
- State v. BlakeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1897
- Commonwealth v. KaramarkovicSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1907
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3Cited by2 opinions
- In Re BushDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1955
- Silverfarb v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1945