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· 10/22/1971

Amalgamated Meat Cutters & Butcher Workmen v. Connally

Citations

  • 337 F. Supp. 737
  • 20 Wage & Hour Cas. (BNA) 215
  • 1971 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11107

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • permitting Presidential stabilization of prices, rents, wages, and salaries “with such adjustments as might be necessary to prevent gross inequities”
  • interpreting the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970 in light of “the historic context of government stabilization measures” in order to “negative[] a conclusion that the whole program was set adrift without a rudder”
  • interpreting the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970 in light of \the historic context of government stabilization measures\ in order to \negative a conclusion that the whole program was set adrift without a rudder\
  • standards set by statute are defined in part by consideration of experience under previous wage and price stabilization statutes
  • “The national Government has the power to do what is needful for the great national purposes that identify this country’s adjustments to change and ultimately survival”
  • “It is also material, though not dispositive, to note the limited time frame established by Congress for the stabilization authority delegated to the President.”

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Judges: Leventhal, Robinson, Richey

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