WOODS v. BABCOCK

Nos. 10826, 10827.

185 F.2d 508 (1950)

WOODS, Housing Expediter, v. BABCOCK et al. MILLER v. BABCOCK et al.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided November 24, 1950.

Judgment Vacated January 2, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin Freidson, Special Litigation Attorney, Office of the Housing Expediter, Washington, D. C., for appellant Woods.

Hardy K. Maclay, Washington, D. C., with whom Wallace M. Cohen and Herbert S. Thatcher, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant Miller.

Herbert H. Bent, Los Angeles, Cal., of the Bar of the Supreme Court of California, pro hac vice, by special leave of Court, with whom Gordon L. Eakle, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee Babcock.

Charles S. Rhyne, Washington, D. C., with whom Eugene J. Bradley, William G. Van Meter, David E. Bamford and William F. Wetmore, Jr., all of Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellees City of Los Angeles, et al.

Before WILBUR K. MILLER, PRETTYMAN and BAZELON, Circuit Judges.


Judgment Vacated January 2, 1951. See 71 S.Ct. 294.

PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.

The District Court entered an order directing the federal Housing Expediter to terminate federal rent control in the City of Los Angeles. The Expediter and the intervenor appeal.

The governing statute1 reads in pertinent part as follows: "The Housing Expediter shall terminate the provisions of this title...

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