JENNINGS v. CONNALLY

Civ. A. No. 226-72.

347 F.Supp. 409 (1972)

Paul JENNINGS and International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers, AFL-CIO, Plaintiffs, George Meany et al., Plaintiffs-Intervenors, v. John B. CONNALLY, Chairman, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

July 14, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Scupi, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs.

J. Albert Woll, Washington, D. C., General Counsel, AFL-CIO, Thomas E. Harris, Washington, D. C., Associate General Counsel, AFL-CIO, Albert Gore, Solomon I. Hirsh, Chicago, Ill., for Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, AFL-CIO.

Robert Eliot Easton, Stanley D. Rose, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendants.

Laurence J. Cohen, Washington, D. C., for Congressman William F. Ryan, amicus curiae.


OPINION

WILLIAM B. JONES, District Judge.

On August 15, 1971, the President issued Executive Order 116151 which placed a ninety-day freeze on wages and prices in the United States. The legal basis for establishing these controls was the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970, as amended, 12 U.S.C. § 1904 note (1970). Executive Order 11615 established the Cost of Living Council (COLC), delegated to it the President's powers under...

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