District of Columbia v. Chambers

CLARK, Circuit Judge.

Appellees were convicted on eighteen counts of an information charging violations of Minimum Wage Order No. 7 promulgated under the authority of the Act of September 19, 1918. 1 2 The Municipal Court of Appeals reversed the convictions on the ground that the wage order was of the “catch-all” variety and therefore invalid. 1952, 89 A.2d 636.

We agree with the Municipal Court of Appeals that these convictions cannot be sustained.

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