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VINSON v. WASHINGTON GAS CO.

No. 396.

321 U.S. 489 (1944)

VINSON, DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC STABILIZATION, ET AL. v. WASHINGTON GAS LIGHT CO. ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 27, 1944.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Paul A. Freund, with whom Solicitor General Fahy and Messrs. Richard H. Field and Harry R. Booth were on the brief, for petitioners.

Mr. Stoddard M. Stevens, Jr., with whom Messrs. E. Barrett Prettyman, C. Oscar Berry, and John C. Bruton were on the brief, for the Washington Gas Light Co.; and Mr. Richmond B. Keech, with whom Messrs. Vernon E. West and Lloyd B. Harrison were on the brief, for the Public Utilities Commission of the District of Columbia, — respondents.

Mr. John H. Connaughton filed a brief on behalf of the Federation of Citizens' Associations, as amicus curiae, urging affirmance.

MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court.

Certiorari was granted in this case, at the instance of the Director of Economic Stabilization and the Administrator, Office of Price Administration, of the United States, to review a rate order of the Public Utilities Commission of the District of Columbia. The application and effect of the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942,1 and the Act...

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