UNITED MEAT CO. v. RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORP.

Nos. 9844, 9845.

174 F.2d 528 (1949)

UNITED MEAT CO., Inc. v. RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION. FEDERATED MEAT CORPORATION v. RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 25, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Thurman Arnold and Milton V. Freeman, both of Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Mr. George A. Fruit, of Champaign, Ill., pro hac vice by special leave of Court, with whom Mr. George Morris Fay, United States Attorney, of Washington, D. C., Mr. Joseph M. Friedman, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, and Mr. Alexander Boskoff, Attorney, Department of Justice, of Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee. Mr. Stafford R. Grady, Assistant United States Attorney, of Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before EDGERTON, PRETTYMAN, and PROCTOR, Circuit Judges.


PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.

Appellants filed civil actions in the District Court for recovery of livestock slaughter payments, commonly called meat subsidies, alleged to be due them under the Government's program authorized by the Emergency Price Control Act of 19421 and a Directive (No. 41) of the Office of Economic Stabilization. The plaintiffs alleged that during 1945 and 1946 they became entitled...

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