ORENSTEIN v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 4556, 4557.

191 F.2d 184 (1951)

ORENSTEIN v. UNITED STATES. UNITED STATES v. ORENSTEIN.

United States Court of Appeals First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 22, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Winer, Boston, Mass., for Louis Orenstein.

Francis X. Riley, Special Litigation Attorney, Office of the Housing Expediter, Washington, D. C., (Ed Dupree, General Counsel, Leon J. Libeu, Asst. General Counsel, and William A. Moran, Special Litigation Attorney, all of Office of Housing Expediter, all of Washington, D. C., on brief) for the United States.

Before MAGRUDER, Chief Judge, and WOODBURY and HARTIGAN, Circuit Judges.


MAGRUDER, Chief Judge.

These are cross-appeals from a judgment under § 206(b) of the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as amended, 61 Stat. 199, 63 Stat. 27, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 1896(b), ordering restitution to two tenants of the amount of rent overcharges, and enjoining the landlord from further violations. Though the case is a small one, we have had some difficulty in deciding what to do with it.

The housing accommodation in question was the first...

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