Barnes v. United States

Before plaintiff was required to commence work under its contract of April 30, 1935, the National Industrial Re*43covery Act was held invalid on May 27, 1935, in Schechter v. United States, 295 U. S. 495. Senate Joint Resolution #113, approved June 14, 1935, repealed the law relating to the codes, and on June 15 the President of the United States issued Executive Order 7076 forbidding “any person or agency acting under authority conferred by the President to approve or prescribe codes * * * or to provide for the enforcement of such codes.” Plaintiff commenced work under the contract on June…