UNITED STATES v. ALLIED OIL CORP.

No. 364.

341 U.S. 1 (1951)

UNITED STATES v. ALLIED OIL CORP. ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 9, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Ginnane argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Perlman, Acting Assistant Attorney General Clapp, Paul A. Sweeney and Melvin Richter.

Thomas J. Downs and Theodore R. Sherwin argued the cause for respondents. With them on the brief were Julius L. Sherwin, Michael F. Mulcahy and Henry W. Dieringer.


MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

Section 205 (e) of the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, as amended, authorized the Price Administrator under certain circumstances to institute damage actions against sellers of commodities who charged more than prescribed ceiling prices.1 Pursuant to this section, the consolidated cases now before us were brought in the District Court by...

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