Supreme Court· 3/27/1944

Bowles v. Willingham

Citations

321 U.S. 503
64 S. Ct. 641
88 L. Ed. 892
1944 U.S. LEXIS 1202
28 Ohio Op. 180

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holding that wartime rent control did not work a taking and noting that \[t]here is no requirement that the apartments in question be used for purposes which bring them under the Act\
holding that wartime rent control did not work a taking and noting that “[t]here is no requirement that the apartments in question be used for purposes which bring them under the Act”
suggesting that constitutional limits of powers of Office of Price Administration must be considered in light of wartime exigencies
suggesting that constitutional limits of powers of Office of Price Administration must be considered in light of wartime exigencies
considering, but rejecting, the contention that rent control must be established “landlord by landlord, as in the fashion of utility rates”
upholding provisions of the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, authorizing the Office of Price Administration to fix rents without first granting landlords a hearing

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Judges: Douglas, Rutledge, Roberts

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