DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. CHAMBERS

No. 11469.

207 F.2d 14 (1953)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. CHAMBERS et al.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 28, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Chester H. Gray, Principal Asst. Corp. Counsel for the District of Columbia, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Vernon E. West, Corp. Counsel, and Edward A. Beard, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Harry E. Taylor, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Leonard A. Block, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellees.

Before CLARK, WILBUR K. MILLER and WASHINGTON, Circuit Judges.


CLARK, Circuit Judge.

Appellees were convicted on eighteen counts of an information charging violations of Minimum Wage Order No. 7 promulgated under the authority of the Act of September 19, 1918.1 The Municipal Court of Appeals reversed the convictions on the ground that the wage order was of the "catch-all" variety and therefore invalid. 1952, 89 A.2d 636.

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