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YAKUS v. UNITED STATES

No. 374.

321 U.S. 414 (1944)

YAKUS v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 27, 1944.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Joseph Kruger and Leonard Poretsky, with whom Mr. Harold Widetsky was on the brief, for petitioner in No. 374. Messrs. Leonard Poretsky and William H. Lewis, with whom Mr. John H. Backus was on the brief, for petitioners in No. 375.

Solicitor General Fahy, with whom Messrs. Paul A. Freund, Thomas I. Emerson, and David London were on the brief, for the United States.

Messrs. Maxwell C. Katz, Otto C. Sommerich, and Benjamin Busch filed a brief, as amici curiae, in No. 375, urging reversal.

OPINION of the Court by MR. CHIEF JUSTICE STONE, announced by MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS.

The questions for our decision are: (1) Whether the Emergency Price Control Act of January 30, 1942, 56 Stat. 23, 50 U.S.C. App. Supp. II, §§ 901 et seq., as amended by the Inflation Control Act of October 2, 1942, 56 Stat. 765, 50 U.S.C. App. Supp. II, §§ 961 et seq., involves an unconstitutional delegation...

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