· 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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