Spaulding v. Douglas Aircraft Co.

HARRISON, District Judge.

This is an action under the Declaratory Judgment Statute, wherein plaintiffs seek to have this court hold that the Renegotiation Act, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 1191, in its original form to and including the amendments by the act of July 14, 1943, is unconstitutional and unenforceable. The controversy arises over the fact that the War Department has determined that the plaintiffs’ profits for the year 1942 were excessive, and in order to recapture said claimed excessive profits has directed the defendant to withhold certain payments due the plaintiffs for the benefit of…