LICHTER v. UNITED STATES

No. 105.

334 U.S. 742 (1948)

LICHTER ET AL., DOING BUSINESS AS SOUTHERN FIREPROOFING CO., v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 14, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul W. Steer argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioners in No. 105.

Leo R. Friedman argued the cause for petitioners in No. 74. With him on the brief was Jos. I. McMullen.

Edward C. Park argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner in No. 95.

Solicitor General Perlman argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Herbert A. Bergson, Newell A. Clapp, Paul A. Sweeney, Oscar H. Davis and Ellis Lyons.

O.R. McGuire and Julius C. Smith filed a brief for the Spindale Mills, Inc., as amicus curiae, in Nos. 74 and 95, urging reversal.


MR. JUSTICE BURTON delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Renegotiation Act,1 in time of crisis, presented to this nation a new legislative solution of a major phase of the problem of national defense against world-wide aggression. Through its contribution to our production program it sought to enable us to take the leading part in winning World War II on an unprecedented scale of total global...

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