Overview

This guide provides legal research information for the United States Emergency Court of Appeals and Price Control. The Court was a temporary federal court established by the United States during World War II, with the purpose to review wage and price control matters. The Court was established by the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942.

 

 

The Emergency Price Control Act of 1942 (EPCA) was created to further the national defense and security by checking speculative and excessive price rises, price dislocations, and inflationary tendencies, and for other purposes. 56 Stat. 23, 77 Cong. Ch. 26, January 30, 1942. This act was the legislative authority over the control of prices.

50 U.S.C.
United States Code, 2009 Edition
Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
TITLE 50 - APPENDIX-WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
EMERGENCY PRICE CONTROL ACT OF 1942
From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov
 

EMERGENCY PRICE CONTROL ACT OF 1942

ACT JAN. 30, 1942, CH. 26, 56 STAT. 23

Termination Date

Sections 901 to 906, 921, 922, 923 to 926, and 941 to 946 of this Appendix terminated June 30, 1947 under the provisions of act July 25, 1946, ch. 671, §1, 60 Stat. 664.

TITLE I—GENERAL PROVISIONS AND AUTHORITY

Purposes, Time Limits, Applicability

Prices, Rents, And Market And Renting Practices

Agricultural Commodities

Prohibitions

Voluntary Agreements

§§901 to 906. Omitted

Codification

Sections 901 to 906 were omitted as terminated.

Section 901, acts Jan. 30, 1942, ch. 26, title I, §1, 56 Stat. 23; Oct. 2, 1942, ch. 578, §7(a), 56 Stat. 767; June 30, 1944, ch. 325, title I, §101, 58 Stat. 632; June 30, 1945, ch. 214, §1, 59 Stat. 306; July 25, 1946, ch. 671, §1, 60 Stat. 664, related to purposes, time limit, and applicability of section 901 et seq. of this Appendix.

Section 901a, act Jan. 30, 1942, ch. 26, title I, §1a, as added July 25, 1946, ch. 671, §3, 60 Stat. 664, related to purposes and policies of decontrol during transition period. Subsec. (h) of section 1a of act Jan. 30, 1942, ch. 26, title I, as added July 25, 1946, ch. 671, §3, 60 Stat. 669, formerly classified to subsec. (h) of section 901a of this Appendix, was repealed by Pub. L. 89–554, §8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 653.

Section 902, acts Jan. 30, 1942, ch. 26, title I, §2, 56 Stat. 24; July 16, 1943, ch. 241, §5(a), 57 Stat. 566; June 30, 1944, ch. 325, title I, §102, 58 Stat. 632; June 30, 1945, ch. 214, §§3, 4, 59 Stat. 306; July 25, 1946, ch. 671, §§4, 5, 7–10, 60 Stat. 670, 671, 673, related to regulation of prices, rents, and market and renting practices. Act Jan. 30, 1942, ch. 26, title I, §2, 56 Stat. 24, was repealed by Pub. L. 89–554, §8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 651.

Section 903, acts Jan. 30, 1942, ch. 26, title I, §3, 56 Stat. 27; June 30, 1944, ch. 325, title I, §103, 58 Stat. 636; June 30, 1945, ch. 214, §5(a), 59 Stat. 307, related to maximum prices of agricultural commodities.

Section 904, act Jan. 30, 1942, ch. 26, title I, §4, 56 Stat. 28, prohibited violation of rules and regulations relating to prices, rents, and market and renting practices and disclosure or use of information otherwise than in course of official duty. Act Jan. 30, 1942, ch. 26, title I, §4(c), 56 Stat. 28, was repealed by Pub. L. 89–554, §8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 651.

Section 905, act Jan. 30, 1942, ch. 26, title I, §5, 56 Stat. 28, authorized Administrator to confer with groups having to do with commodities and to enter into voluntary agreements relating to purposes of section 901 et seq. of this Appendix.

Section 906, act Jan. 30, 1942, ch. 26, title I, §6, as added July 5, 1946, ch. 671, §11, 60 Stat. 675, provided for the establishment and adjustment of maximum prices.

TITLE II—ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT

Administration

Investigations, Records, Reports

Procedure

Review

Enforcement

Saving Provisions

§§921 to 926. Omitted

Codification

Section 921, acts Jan. 30, 1942, ch. 26, title II, §201, 56 Stat. 29; June 30, 1944, ch. 325, title I, §104, 58 Stat. 637, which related to the administration of section 901 et seq. of this Appendix, with provisions for Office of Price Administration under Price Administrator, regional offices, issuance of regulations and orders and transfer of functions, was omitted as terminated. Act Jan. 30, 1942, ch. 26, title II, §201, 56 Stat. 29, was repealed by Pub. L. 89–554, §8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 651.

Section 922, acts Jan. 30, 1942, ch. 26, title II, §202, 56 Stat. 30; June 30, 1944, ch. 325, title I, §105, 58 Stat. 637, which authorized Administrator to conduct investigations, require records and reports, and initiate contempt proceedings for violation of subpenas, and established right to specifically claim privilege against self-incrimination, was omitted as terminated. Act Jan. 30, 1942, ch. 26, title II, §202, 56 Stat. 30, was repealed by Pub. L. 89–554, §8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 651.

Section 922a, was from appropriation acts June 28, 1944, ch. 304, title I, §101, 58 Stat. 601; July 5, 1945, ch. 271, title I, §101, 59 Stat. 415; July 23, 1946, ch. 591, title I, §101, 60 Stat. 610, which authorized Office of Price Administration employees, when designated, to administer oaths, etc., in connection with Office functions, and was not repeated in subsequent appropriation acts.

Section 922a was enacted as part of the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1944, and not as part of act Jan. 30, 1942, ch. 26, 56 Stat. 23, known as the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, which enacted sections 901 to 906, 921, 922, 923 to 926, and 941 to 946 of this Appendix.

Section 923, acts Jan. 30, 1942, ch. 26, title II, §203, 56 Stat. 31; June 30, 1944, ch. 325, title I, §106, 58 Stat. 638; July 30, 1947, ch. 361, title I, §101, 61 Stat. 619, which related to protest proceedings, was omitted as terminated. Section 101 of act July 30, 1947 provided in part for the dismissal of protest under section 923 of this Appendix on the ground of laches.

Section 924, acts Jan. 30, 1942, ch. 26, title II, §204, 56 Stat. 31; June 30, 1944, ch. 325, title I, §107, 58 Stat. 639; June 30, 1945, ch. 214, §6, 59 Stat. 308; July 30, 1947, ch. 361, title I, §101, 61 Stat. 619; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, §32(a), 62 Stat. 991; May 24, 1949, ch. 139, §127, 63 Stat. 107, authorized review of orders of the Office of Price Administrator under the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, and created the Emergency Court of Appeals for this purpose. The Emergency Price Control Act of 1942 terminated on June 30, 1947, under the provisions of act July 25, 1946, ch. 671, §1, 60 Stat. 664. The Housing and Rent Act of 1948, act Mar. 30, 1948, ch. 161, 62 Stat. 93, classified to section 1881 of this Appendix, continued the Court for the purpose of reviewing recommendations of local advisory boards for the decontrol or adjustment of maximum rents. Later, the Defense Production Act of 1950, act Sept. 8, 1950, ch. 932, 64 Stat. 798, classified to sections 2061 to 2166 of this Appendix, continued the Court to review regulations and orders relating to price control. The Housing and Rent Act of 1948 and the Defense Production Act of 1950 both terminated, however, the Court remained in existence “to complete the adjudication of rights and liabilities incurred prior to their termination dates.” (Transcript of Proceedings of the Final Session of the Court, 299 F.2d 1.) The final decision of the Court, Rosenzweig v. General Services Administration, 1961, 299 F.2d 22, was decided on Dec. 6, 1961. A petition for rehearing was denied on Jan. 2, 1962, and a petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of the United States was denied on Mar. 19, 1962, 82 S. Ct. 830.

The order of Chief Judge Albert B. Maris, set forth in 299 F.2d 20, provided:

“The business of this Court having been completed, it is ordered that at the expiration of 30 days from this date, if a petition for certiorari has not been filed in the Supreme Court in Case No. 676 [Rosenzweig v. General Services Administration], just decided, the acting clerk shall deliver the records and papers of the Court in his office to the General Services Administration for permanent custody as records of the Government, and shall thereupon inform the Chief Justice of the United States that the work of the Court has been completed and that the designations of the judges of the Court may therefore appropriately be terminated.

“If a petition for certiorari is filed in Case No. 676 this order shall take effect and be carried out at the expiration of 30 days after the final disposition of Case No. 676.”

In accordance with the terms of this order, the petition for certiorari having been filed, and denied Mar. 19, 1962, the Court terminated on Apr. 18, 1962.

Section 925, acts Jan. 30, 1942, ch. 26, title II, §205, 56 Stat. 33; June 30, 1944, ch. 325, title I, §108, 58 Stat. 640; July 25, 1946, ch. 671, §§12, 13, 60 Stat. 676, 677; July 30, 1947, ch. 361, title I, §101, 61 Stat. 619, which related to enforcement and recovery of damages and penalties, was omitted as terminated.

Section 926, act Jan. 30, 1942, ch. 26, title II, §206, 56 Stat. 35, which provided for standards, limitations, publication in Federal Register, protest and review of price schedules issued prior to the Administrator's taking of office, was omitted as terminated.

TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS

Quarterly Report

Definitions

Separability

Appropriations Authorized

Application Of Existing Law

§§941 to 946. Omitted

Codification

Sections 941 to 946 were omitted as terminated.

Section 941, act Jan. 30, 1942, ch. 26, title III, §301, 56 Stat. 36, related to transmission of quarterly reports to Congress.

Section 942, acts Jan. 30, 1942, ch. 26, title III, §302, 56 Stat. 36; June 30, 1945, ch. 214, §5(b), 59 Stat. 308, contained definitions of terms used in the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, section 901 et seq. of this Appendix.

Section 943, act Jan. 30, 1942, ch. 26, title III, §303, 56 Stat. 37, contained separability provisions.

Section 944, act Jan. 30, 1942, ch. 26, title III, §304, 56 Stat. 37, authorized appropriations.

Section 945, act Jan. 30, 1942, ch. 26, title III, §305, 56 Stat. 37, related to application of existing law.

Section 946, act Jan. 30, 1942, ch. 26, title III, §306, 56 Stat. 37, provided as short title for section 901 et seq. of this Appendix, “Emergency Price Control Act of 1942”.

 

The Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, the Emergency Court of Appeals:

The Emergency Price Control Act (EPCA) is a federal law that created the Office of Price Administration (OPA) which was passed by Congress in 1942 and established price controls and rationing of essential consumer goods.

The Emergency Court of Appeals was a court of limited statutory jurisdiction, and it had no power except as granted by Congress. Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, § 204©, 50 U.S.C.A., .Appendix, § 924(c).

Congress established the Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals in December 1971 (85 Stat. 743) and granted it exclusive jurisdiction to hear appeals from the decisions of the U.S. District Courts in cases arising under the wage and price control program of the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970 (84 Stat. 799).

 

 

Table of Contents

• 188.1 Administrative History
  • Established: In the Office for Emergency Management (OEM), by EO 8875, August 28, 1941.
• 188.2 Records of the NDAC and OPACS 1940-43
  • Advisory Commission to World War I Council on National Defense revived by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, May 29, 1940, to include Price Stabilization and Consumer Protection Divisions. Both divisions merged to become OPACS in OEM, by EO 8734, April 11, 1941. Redesignated OPA, 1941, See 188.1, with civil supply functions transferred to the Office of Production Management (See RG 179).
• 188.3 Executive and Administrative Records of the OPA 1940-47
  • Office files of the Administrator, 1941-46.
• 188.4 Records of the Office of Price Board Management (OPBM) 1941-4
  • Established May 17, 1946, as the last of a succession of headquarters offices that began in December 1941 with the Field Operations Division. OPBM and its predecessors, which were usually linked with other administrative-management units of the OPA, were primarily responsible for coordinating the activities of local price and rationing boards. OPBM acted through regional and district offices to control operations, facilities, staffing, location, and other management phases of local board operation. Abolished, November 1, 1946.
• 188.5 Records of the Accounting Department 1940-47
  • OPA accounting functions originated on June 20, 1940 and abolished on March 31, 1947.
• 188.6 Records of the Enforcement Department 1940-47
• 188.7 Records of the Information Department 1940-47
• 188.8 Records of the Price Department 1940-47
• 188.9 Records of the Rationing Department 1940-47
• 188.10 Records of the Office of the Division of Liquidation, Department of Commerce
  1941-49
• 188.11 Records of OPA Region I (Boston, MA) 1941-47
  • History: Established by OPA Administrative Order No. 4, May 7, 1942, with jurisdiction over CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, and VT. Liquidated December 1946.
• 188.12 Records of OPA Region II (New York, NY) 1941-47
  • History: Established by OPA Administrative Order No. 4, May 7, 1942, with jurisdiction over DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, and PA. Liquidated December 1946.
• 188.13 Records of OPA Region III (Cleveland, OH) 1942-47
  • History: Established by OPA Administrative Order No. 4, May 7, 1942, with jurisdiction over IN, KY, MI, OH, and WV. Liquidated December 1946.
• 188.14 Records of OPA Region IV (Atlanta, GA)
  1941-47
  • History: Established by OPA Administrative Order No. 4, May 7, 1942, with jurisdiction over AL, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC, TN, and VA. Liquidated December 1946.
• 188.15 Records of OPA Region V (Dallas, TX) 1942-47
  • History: Established by OPA Administrative Order No. 4, May 7, 1942, with jurisdiction over AR, KS, LA, MO, OK, and TX. Liquidated December 1946.
• 188.16 Records of OPA Region VI (Chicago, IL)
  1941-47
  • History: Established by OPA Administrative Order No. 4, May 7, 1942, with jurisdiction over IL, IA, MN, NE, ND, SD, and WI. Liquidated December 1946.
• 188.17 Records of OPA Region VII (Denver, CO)
  1942-47
  • History: Established by OPA Administrative Order No. 4, May 7, 1942, with jurisdiction over CO, ID, MT, NM, UT, and WY. Liquidated December 1946.
• 188.18 Records of OPA Region VIII (San Francisco, CA) 1942-47
  • History: Established by OPA Administrative Order No. 4, May 7, 1942, with jurisdiction over AZ, CA, NV, OR, and WA. Liquidated December 1946.
• 188.19 Records of OPA Territorial Region, Region IX (Washington, DC)
  1941-47
  • History: Established by OPA Administrative Order No. 4, May 7, 1942, with jurisdiction over AK, CZ, HI, PR, AND VI. Liquidated December 1946.
• 188.20 Motion Pictures (General)
• 188.21 Sound Recordings (General)
• 188.22 Still Pictures (General)

 

---

Bibliographic note: Web version based on Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States. Compiled by Robert B. Matchette et al. Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1995.
3 volumes, 2428 pages.Retrieved from:  http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/188.html

 

                                                                                                                

Rottenberg v. U.S.

137 F.2d 850, C.C.A.1 (Mass.), August 23, 1943 (NO. 3885, 3892)

Hastings v. Bowles

140 F.2d 981, Em.App., February 17, 1944 (NO. 91)

Sonnabend v. Bowles

140 F.2d 983, Em.App., February 18, 1944 (NO. 95)

Hastings v. Bowles

140 F.2d 981, Em.App., February 17, 1944 (NO. 91)

Johnson v. Bowles

145 F.2d 166, Em.App., October 11, 1944 (NO. 146)

Veillette v. Bowles

150 F.2d 862, Em.App., August 20, 1945 (NO. 186)

Atlantic Meat Co. v. Porter

155 F.2d 535, Em.App., May 08, 1946 (NO. 219)

Atlantic Meat Co., Inc., v. Reconstruction Finance Corp.

155 F.2d 533, Em.App., May 08, 1946 (NO. 248)

Atlantic Meat Co. v. Porter

155 F.2d 537, Em.App., May 08, 1946 (NO. 268)

Veillette v. Bowles

150 F.2d 862, Em.App., August 20, 1945 (NO. 186)

Pacific Gas Corp. v. Bowles

153 F.2d 453, Em.App., February 13, 1946 (NO. 258)

Atlantic Meat Co., Inc. v. Reconstruction Finance Corp.

155 F.2d 533, Em.App., May 08, 1946 (NO. 248)

Atlantic Meat Co. v. Porter

155 F.2d 535, Em.App., May 08, 1946 (NO. 219)

Atlantic Meat Co. v. Porter
155 F.2d 537, Em.App., May 08, 1946 (NO. 268)

Ebling Brewing Co. v. Porter
156 F.2d 1012, Em.App., August 14, 1946 (NO. 261, 180)

Somerville Dressed Meat Co. v. R.F.C.
159 F.2d 716, Em.App., February 05, 1947 (NO. 335)

Maloney Packing Co. v. R.F.C.
159 F.2d 717, Em.App., February 05, 1947 (NO. 334)

United Labor Committee v. Woods
175 F.2d 967, Em.App., July 12, 1949 (NO. 508)

Kershaw v. Kendall
215 F.2d 653, Em.App., September 24, 1954 (NO. 623, 624)

Northwood Apartments v. Brown,
137 F.2d 809, Em.App., August 27, 1943 (NO. 41)

Fox Packing Co. v. Fleming,
161 F.2d 209, Em.App., May 02, 1947 (NO. 375)

Fasons Realty Corp. v. Bowles,
146 F.2d 499, Em.App., December 07, 1944 (NO. 152)

Sirianni v. Bowles,
148 F.2d 343, Em.App., March 20, 1945 (NO. 172)

In re Jamestown Defense Rental Area,
171 F.2d 708, Em.App., December 27, 1948 (NO. 489)

Armour & Co v. Bowles,
139 F.2d 495, Em.App., December 14, 1943 (NO. 96)

Interwoven Stocking Co. v. Bowles,
141 F.2d 696, Em.App., April 03, 1944 (NO.45)

Automatic Fire Alarm Co. v. Bowles,
143 F.2d 602, Em.App., July 03, 1944 (NO. 105)

Gillespie-Rogers-Pyatt Co. v. Bowles,
144 F.2d 361, Em.App., August 24, 1944 (NO. 134)

Foster & Co. v. Bowles,
144 F.2d 870, Em.App., September 27, 1944 (NO. 140)

Marlene Linens v. Bowles,
144 F.2d 874, Em.App., September 29, 1944 (NO. 148)

Ardea Realty Corp. v. Bowles,
148 F.2d 1000, Em.App., April 30, 1945 (NO. 175)

Absar Realty Co. v. Bowles,
149 F.2d 654, Em.App., June 01, 1945 (NO. 189)

315 West 97th Street Realty Co. v. Bowles,
156 F.2d 982, Em.App., June 25, 1945 (NO. 166)

1165 Park Ave. Corporation v. Bowles,
150 F.2d 117, Em.App., June 25, 1945 (NO. 167)

Lohrey v. Bowles,
156 F.2d 1001, Em.App., June 28, 1945 (NO. 198)

Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. Porter,
156 F.2d 812, Em.App., August 13, 1946 (NO. 282)

Ebling Brewing Co. v. Porter,
156 F.2d 1012, Em.App., August 14, 1946 (NO. 261, 180)

Andrew Arms, Inc., v. Bowles,
150 F.2d 972, Em.App., September 06, 1945 (NO. 224)

 American Brake Shoe Co. v. Bowles,
151 F.2d 195, Em.App., September 28, 1945 (NO. 141, 204)

Horns v. Bowles,
151 F.2d 191, Em.App., September 28, 1945 (NO. 207)

Rockcliffe Realty Corp. v. Bowles,
151 F.2d 339, Em.App., October 22, 1945 (NO. 222)

Mevorah v. Bowles,
151 F.2d 766, Em.App., November 13, 1945 (NO. 227)

Gold-Form, Inc. v. Bowles,
152 F.2d 107, Em.App., December 05, 1945 (NO. 240)

Parker v. Porter,
154 F.2d 830, Em.App., March 13, 1946 (NO. 271)

White Trimming House v. Porter,
154 F.2d 113, Em.App., March 15, 1946 (NO. 278)

Bayuk Cigars v. Porter,
154 F.2d 503, Em.App., March 20, 1946 (NO. 267)

Victor v. Porter,
157 F.2d 769, Em.App., October 16, 1946 (NO. 308)

Jacob Goodman & Co. v. Porter,
156 F.2d 549, Em.App., July 10, 1946 (NO. 315)

Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. Porter,
156 F.2d 812, Em.App., August 13, 1946 (NO. 282)

Waseca Realty Corp. v. Porter,
157 F.2d 67, Em.App., August 30, 1946 (NO. 274)

Ebling Brewing Co. v. Porter,
156 F.2d 1012, Em.App., August 14, 1946 (NO. 261, 180)

Direct Realty Co. v. Porter,
157 F.2d 434, Em.App., September 17, 1946 (NO. 301)

Ambassador Apartments v. Porter,
157 F.2d 774, Em.App., October 16, 1946 (NO. 310)

Victor v. Porter,
157 F.2d 769, Em.App., October 16, 1946 (NO. 308)

New York Power & Light Corp. v. Porter,
157 F.2d 604, Em.App., October 18, 1946 (NO. 321)

G.R. Kinney Co. v. Porter,
157 F.2d 683, Em.App., October 21, 1946 (NO. 338)

18 Palmer Avenue, Inc v. Porter,
157 F.2d 595, Em.App., October 22, 1946 (NO. 326)

Parkleigh Fashions v. Porter,
157 F.2d 599, Em.App., October 22, 1946 (NO. 309)

150 East Forty-Seventh Street Corporation v. Porter,
157 F.2d 682, Em.App., October 28, 1946 (NO. 349)

Dunham & Reid v. Porter,
157 F.2d 1022, Em.App., November 05, 1946 (NO. 355)

Benenson Realty Corp. v. Porter,
158 F.2d 163, Em.App., November 20, 1946 (NO. 304)

S. Roggen & Co. v. Fleming,
159 F.2d 707, Em.App., December 19, 1946 (NO. 336)

Greenhouse Bros. & Finkelstein v. R.F.C.,
159 F.2d 712, Em.App., February 05, 1947 (NO. 381)

Federated Meat Corp. v. Fleming,
159 F.2d 725, Em.App., February 12, 1947 (NO. 330)

Modern Mfg. Co. v. Fleming,
160 F.2d 892, Em.App., April 01, 1947 (NO. 254)

Fury v. Fleming,
161 F.2d 189, Em.App., April 02, 1947 (NO. 380)

 Hampshire Holding Corp. v. Creedon,
161 F.2d 734, Em.App., May 22, 1947 (NO. 393)

London Terrace v. Creedon,
162 F.2d 722, Em.App., June 06, 1947 (NO. 337)

150 East 47th Street Corporation v. Creedon,
162 F.2d 206, Em.App., June 12, 1947 (NO. 349)

 Electromatic Distributors v. Clark,
162 F.2d 212, Em.App., June 17, 1947 (NO. 360)

W.T. Grant Co. v. Fleming,
159 F.2d 720, Em.App., February 11, 1947 (NO. 369)

Markbreiter v. Woods,
163 F.2d 993, Em.App., November 06, 1947 (NO. 422)

Mason v. Woods,
172 F.2d 857, Em.App., February 16, 1949 (NO. 484)

Brister & Koester Lumber Corporation v. Turney,
176 F.2d 843, Em.App., August 25, 1949 (NO. 507)

Agostini Bros. Bldg. Corp. v. Woods,
176 F.2d 906, Em.App., September 28, 1949 (NO. 494)

Riverview Packing Co. v. Reconstruction Finance Corp.,
207 F.2d 415, Em.App., September 29, 1953 (NO. 570)

Bowman v. Bowles,
140 F.2d 974, Em.App., February 24, 1944 (NO. 88)

Bowman v. Bowles,
322 U.S. 742, 64 S.Ct. 1144 (Mem), 88 L.Ed. 1575, U.S., May 15, 1944 (NO. 849)

Rabkin v. Bowles,
143 F.2d 600, Em.App., July 07, 1944 (NO. 130)

Fleet-Wing Corp. v. Clark,
166 F.2d 145, Em.App., February 20, 1948 (NO. 441)

Mirman v. Reconstruction Finance Corp.,
194 F.2d 290, Em.App., February 07, 1952 (NO. 561)

 Avant v. Bowles,
139 F.2d 702, Em.App., December 31, 1943 (NO. 64, 63)

 Bibb Mfg. Co. v. Bowles,
140 F.2d 459, Em.App., January 12, 1944 (NO. 59)

Merchants Packing Co. v. Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
176 F.2d 908, Em.App., September 29, 1949 (NO. 487)

 

City Ice Delivery Co. v. Bowles
150 F.2d 120, Em.App., June 29, 1945 (NO. 179)

City Ice Delivery Co. v. Bowles
150 F.2d 120, Em.App., June 29, 1945 (NO. 179)

City of Dallas v. Bowles
152 F.2d 464, Em.App., December 20, 1945 (NO. 259)

Ben H. Rosenthal & Co. v. Porter
158 F.2d 171, Em.App., November 26, 1946 (NO. 235, 233, 234)

Bell v. Fleming
159 F.2d 416, Em.App., January 15, 1947 (NO. 307)

Reser v. Fleming
160 F.2d 378, Em.App., February 20, 1947 (NO. 319)

 

Patrick Cudahy Family Co. v. Bowles
138 F.2d 574, Em.App., November 02, 1943 (NO. 55)

Montgomery Ward & Co. v. Bowles
138 F.2d 669, Em.App., November 05, 1943 (NO. 57)

Wilson v. Brown
137 F.2d 348, Em.App., July 15, 1943 (NO. 19)

Farmers' Gin Co. v. Hayes
54 F.Supp. 47, W.D.Okla., December 28, 1943 (NO. CIV. 1296)

Suburban Park Apartments Corporation v. Bowles
139 F.2d 838, Em.App., December 31, 1943 (NO. 85)

Davies Warehouse Co. v. Bowles
321 U.S. 144, 64 S.Ct. 474, 88 L.Ed. 635, U.S.Em.App., January 31, 1944 (NO. 112)

Yakus v. U. S.
321 U.S. 414, 64 S.Ct. 660, 88 L.Ed. 834, 28 O.O. 220, U.S.Mass., March 27, 1944 (NO.374, 375)

 Flett v. Bowles
142 F.2d 559, Em.App., May 05, 1944 (NO. 7)

Cudahy Bros. Co. v. Bowles
142 F.2d 468, Em.App., May 15, 1944 (NO. 113)

Buckley, Dement & Co. v. Bowles
143 F.2d 877, Em.App., July 13, 1944 (NO. 117)

Ambrosia Brewing Co. v. Bowles
147 F.2d 550, Em.App., December 22, 1944 (NO. 157)

Montgomery Ward & Co. v. Bowles
147 F.2d 858, Em.App., February 12, 1945 (NO. 57)

Illinois Packing Co. v. Bowles
147 F.2d 554, Em.App., February 13, 1945 (NO. 185)

Thomas Paper Stock Co. v. Bowles
148 F.2d 831, Em.App., March 27, 1945 (NO. 159)

Armour & Co. v. Bowles
148 F.2d 546, Em.App., March 29, 1945 (NO. 96)

Armour & Co. v. Bowles
148 F.2d 529, Em.App., March 29, 1945 (NO. 101)

Cudahy Bros. Co. v. Bowles
148 F.2d 553, Em.App., March 29, 1945 (NO. 135)

Oswald & Hess Co. v. Bowles
148 F.2d 543, Em.App., March 29, 1945 (NO. 49)

Wells Lamont Corp. v. Bowles
149 F.2d 364, Em.App., May 01, 1945 (NO. 168)

Vitamins, Inc., v. Bowles
149 F.2d 497, Em.App., May 15, 1945 (NO. 183)

Village Apartment Homes v. Bowles

149 F.2d 649, Em.App., May 18, 1945 (NO. 173, 104)

Rubin v. Bowles
150 F.2d 860, Em.App., August 09, 1945 (NO. 235)

Illinois Packing Co. v. Snyder
151 F.2d 337, Em.App., September 25, 1945 (NO. 223)

Thomas Paper Stock Co. v. Bowles
151 F.2d 345, Em.App., October 05, 1945 (NO. 232)

Weisel & Co. v. Bowles
156 F.2d 1007, Em.App., December 21, 1945 (NO. 256)

Conklin Pen Co. v. Bowles
152 F.2d 764, Em.App., January 11, 1946 (NO. 243)

Booth Fisheries Corp. v. Bowles
153 F.2d 449, Em.App., February 13, 1946 (NO. 266)

Parker v. Porter
154 F.2d 830, Em.App., March 13, 1946 (NO. 271)

Earl C. Gibbs, Inc., v. Defense Supplies Corp.
155 F.2d 525, Em.App., May 08, 1946 (NO. 226)

Atlantic Meat Co., Inc., v. Reconstruction Finance Corp.
155 F.2d 533, Em.App., May 08, 1946 (NO. 248)

Reichel-Korfmann Co. v. Porter
155 F.2d 730, Em.App., May 23, 1946 (NO. 295)

Illinois Packing Co. v. Henderson
156 F.2d 1000, Em.App., August 15, 1946 (NO. 223)

Shaker Parkway Co. v. Porter
157 F.2d 920, Em.App., November 04, 1946 (NO. 283-288)

Ben H. Rosenthal & Co. v. Porter
158 F.2d 171, Em.App., November 26, 1946 (NO. 235, 233, 234)

Supak v. Porter
158 F.2d 803, Em.App., December 02, 1946 (NO. 246, 257)
United States Emergency Court of Appeals. SUPAK et al. v. PORTER. Nos. 246, 257. Heard at St. Paul,       Aug. 29, 1946.

Darling & Co. v. Fleming
158 F.2d 387, Em.App., December 20, 1946 (NO. 366)

Reliance Mfg. Co. v. Fleming
158 F.2d 990, Em.App., January 03, 1947 (NO. 364)

Curtiss Candy Co. v. Clark
165 F.2d 791, Em.App., January 28, 1948 (NO. 424)

Somerville Dressed Meat Co. v. R.F.C.
159 F.2d 716, Em.App., February 05, 1947 (NO. 335)

Maloney Packing Co. v. R.F.C.
159 F.2d 717, Em.App., February 05, 1947 (NO. 334)

Greenhouse Bros. & Finkelstein v. R.F.C.
159 F.2d 712, Em.App., February 05, 1947 (NO. 381)

Federated Meat Corp. v. Fleming
159 F.2d 725, Em.App., February 12, 1947 (NO. 330)

Culhane v. Clark,
162 F.2d 736, Em.App., June 18, 1947 (NO. 410)

Korach Bros. v. Clark
162 F.2d 1020, Em.App., July 11, 1947 (NO. 332)

Fox Packing Co. v. Fleming
161 F.2d 209, Em.App., May 02, 1947 (NO. 375)

4732 Washington Apartments v. Creedon
162 F.2d 416, Em.App., June 05, 1947 (NO. 395)

Longmoor Corp. v. Creedon
162 F.2d 747, Em.App., June 11, 1947 (NO. 406)

 Armour & Co. v. R.F.C.
162 F.2d 918, Em.App., June 30, 1947 (NO. 329)

Vanlandingham v. Clark
163 F.2d 896, Em.App., October 27, 1947 (NO. 354)

Superior Packing Co. v. Clark,

164 F.2d 343, Em.App., November 10, 1947 (NO. 276)

Korach Bros. v. Clark
165 F.2d 218, Em.App., November 25, 1947 (NO. 414)

Allied Oil Corporation v. Turney
170 F.2d 79, Em.App., October 14, 1948 (NO. 471)

Consolidated Flour M. Co. v. Reconstruction Fin. Corp
177 F.2d 206, Em.App., October 19, 1949 (NO. 502, 503)

Watkins v. Woods
177 F.2d 516, Em.App., November 01, 1949 (NO. 515, 518)

Watkins v. Woods
180 F.2d 359, Em.App., February 28, 1950 (NO. 527, 526)

Wilson & Co. v. Reconstruction Finance Corporation
194 F.2d 1016, Em.App., March 11, 1952 (NO. 576)

Davidson Meat Co. v. Arnall
196 F.2d 521, Em.App., May 14, 1952 (NO. 592)

James Flett Organization v. Freehill
202 F.2d 161, Em.App., February 17, 1953 (NO. 620)

Dargel v. Barr
204 F.2d 697, Em.App., May 12, 1953 (NO. 611)

Roupp v. Woods
177 F.2d 149, Em.App., October 07, 1949 (NO. 511)

 

Powers v. Bowles
144 F.2d 491, Em.App., August 04, 1944 (NO. 127)

Capitol Foundry Co. v. Bowles
146 F.2d 855, Em.App., September 28, 1944 (NO. 120)

Allied Foods v. Bowles
151 F.2d 449, Em.App., October 25, 1945 (NO. 199)

Gordon v. Bowles
153 F.2d 614, Em.App., February 19, 1946 (NO. 264)

Baum v. Porter
155 F.2d 733, Em.App., May 31, 1946 (NO. 277)

Hunt v. Porter
157 F.2d 917, Em.App., November 20, 1946 (NO. 340)

Helfend v. Fleming
159 F.2d 730, Em.App., February 17, 1947 (NO. 343)

Starr v. Fleming
159 F.2d 867, Em.App., February 17, 1947 (NO. 368)

Schaefer v. Fleming
160 F.2d 552, Em.App., March 27, 1947 (NO. 367)

Adrian, Inc. v. Fleming
161 F.2d 186, Em.App., May 01, 1947 (NO. 394)

Auerbach v. Fleming
161 F.2d 207, Em.App., May 01, 1947 (NO. 397)

Schiefla v. Clark
163 F.2d 685, Em.App., September 26, 1947 (NO. 413)

Ormont v. Clark
164 F.2d 354, Em.App., November 10, 1947 (NO. 430)

Adrian, Inc., v. Clark
165 F.2d 222, Em.App., November 25, 1947 (NO. 421)

Galban Lobo Co., S.A., v. Henderson
132 F.2d 153, Em.App., September 30, 1942 (NO. 2)

Galban Lobo Co, S a v. Henderson
132 F.2d 158, Em.App., October 16, 1942 (NO. 6)

Galban Lobo Co., S.A., v. Henderson
132 F.2d 150, Em.App., November 19, 1942 (NO. 3)

Galban Lobo Co v. Henderson
317 U.S. 690, 63 S.Ct. 265 (Mem), 11 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 838, 87 L.Ed. 553, U.S., December 14, 1942 (NO. 498)

Frank v. Henderson
133 F.2d 207, Em.App., December 29, 1942 (NO. 9)

Galban Lobo Company, S. A. v. Henderson.
318 U.S. 756, 63 S.Ct. 530 (Mem), 87 L.Ed. 1130, U.S., February 01, 1943 (NO. 596)

Buka Coal Co. v. Brown
133 F.2d 949, Em.App., February 01, 1943 (NO. 4)

Frank v. Henderson
318 U.S. 772, 63 S.Ct. 769 (Mem), 87 L.Ed. 1142, U.S., March 08, 1943 (NO. 676)

Lincoln Sav. Bank of Brooklyn v. Brown
137 F.2d 228, Em.App., May 07, 1943 (NO. 12)

Chatlos v. Brown
136 F.2d 490, Em.App., May 28, 1943 (NO. 14)

 Davies Warehouse Co. v. Brown
137 F.2d 201, Em.App., May 28, 1943 (NO. 5)

Harlem Metal Corporation v. Brown
136 F.2d 242, Em.App., May 28, 1943 (NO. 24)

Taylor v. Brown
137 F.2d 654, Em.App., July 15, 1943 (NO. 10)

Wilson v. Brown
137 F.2d 348, Em.App., July 15, 1943 (NO. 19)

Lakemore Co. v. Brown
137 F.2d 355, Em.App., July 15, 1943 (NO. 15)

Washington Gas Light Co. v. Byrnes
137 F.2d 547, 78 U.S.App.D.C. 107, App.D.C., July 26, 1943 (NO. 8501-8504)

Hillcrest Terrace Corporation v. Brown
137 F.2d 663, Em.App., July 27, 1943 (NO. 17)

Hillcrest Terrace Corporation v. Brown
137 F.2d 663, Em.App., July 27, 1943 (NO. 17)

Spaeth v. Brown
137 F.2d 669, Em.App., August 04, 1943 (NO. 20)

U.S. Gypsum Co. v. Brown
137 F.2d 360, Em.App., August 05, 1943 (NO. 23)

Armour & Co. of Delaware v. Brown
137 F.2d 233, Em.App., August 06, 1943 (NO. 26-28)

U.S. Gypsum Co. v. Brown
137 F.2d 803, Em.App., August 19, 1943 (NO. 29)

Rottenberg v. U.S.
137 F.2d 850, C.C.A.1 (Mass.), August 23, 1943 (NO. 3885, 3892)

Northwood Apartments v. Brown
137 F.2d 809, Em.App., August 27, 1943 (NO. 41)

Davies Warehouse Company v. Brown
320 U.S. 721, 64 S.Ct. 40 (Mem), 88 L.Ed. 425, U.S., October 11, 1943 (NO. 112) Case submitted on brief

Safeway Stores v. Brown
138 F.2d 278, Em.App., October 12, 1943 (NO. 80, 82, 84)

U.S. v. Siegel Bros.
52 F.Supp. 238, E.D.Wash., October 21, 1943 (NO. 3871)

Powers v. Bowles
323 U.S. 759, 65 S.Ct. 93 (Mem), 89 L.Ed. 608, U.S., October 23, 1944 (NO. 425)

U.S. Gypsum Company v. Brown
320 U.S. 775, 64 S.Ct. 88 (Mem), 88 L.Ed. 465, U.S., October 25, 1943 (NO. 320)

Taylor v. Brown
320 U.S. 787, 64 S.Ct. 194 (Mem), 88 L.Ed. 473, U.S., November 15, 1943 (NO. 305)

Safeway Stores v. Bowles
320 U.S. 797, 64 S.Ct. 266 (Mem), 88 L.Ed. 481, U.S., December 13, 1943 (NO. 481)

Machen v. Bowles
139 F.2d 359, Em.App., December 17, 1943 (NO. 46)

Farmers' Gin Co. v. Hayes
54 F.Supp. 47, W.D.Okla., December 28, 1943 (NO. CIV. 1296)

Suburban Park Apartments Corporation v. Bowles
139 F.2d 838, Em.App., December 31, 1943 (NO. 85)

 U S Gypsum Co v. Bowles
320 U.S. 799, 64 S.Ct. 427 (Mem), 88 L.Ed. 482, U.S., January 03, 1944 (NO. 476)

Jersey City v. U.S.
54 F.Supp. 315, D.N.J., January 12, 1944 (NO. CIV. 3073)

Patrick Cudahy Family Company v. Bowles
321 U.S. 763, 64 S.Ct. 485 (Mem), 88 L.Ed. 1060, U.S., January 17, 1944 (NO. 518)

 Davies Warehouse Co. v. Bowles
321 U.S. 144, 64 S.Ct. 474, 88 L.Ed. 635, U.S.Em.App., January 31, 1944 (NO. 112)

Flynn v. Bowles
321 U.S. 778, 64 S.Ct. 617 (Mem), 14 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 952, 88 L.Ed. 1071, U.S., February 28, 1944 (NO. 605)

R.E. Schanzer, Inc., v. Bowles
141 F.2d 262, Em.App., March 17, 1944 (NO. 114)

Yakus v. U. S.
321 U.S. 414, 64 S.Ct. 660, 88 L.Ed. 834, 28 O.O. 220, U.S.Mass., March 27, 1944 (NO. 374, 375)

Buckeye Parking Corporation v. Bowles
141 F.2d 692, Em.App., March 28, 1944 (NO. 94)

Ladner v. Bowles
142 F.2d 566, Em.App., May 12, 1944 (NO. 109)

 Bowman v. Bowles
322 U.S. 742, 64 S.Ct. 1144 (Mem), 88 L.Ed. 1575, U.S., May 15, 1944 (NO. 849)

Equitable Trust Co. v. Bowles
143 F.2d 735, Em.App., July 13, 1944 (NO. 69)

 Powers v. Bowles
323 U.S. 759, 65 S.Ct. 93 (Mem), 89 L.Ed. 608, U.S., October 23, 1944 (NO. 425)

Andrew H. Bartels. The Office of Price Administration and the Legacy of the New Deal, 1939-1946. 5 Public Historian 5 (1983). JSTOR

Andrew H. Bartels. The Politics of Price Control: The Office of Price Administration and the Dilemmas of Economic Stabilization, 1940-1946. (Ph.D. dissertation, The Johns Hopkins University, 1980.)

"Forrest's Token Page: Sales Tax Tokens". Retrieved 2014-02-28.

J.K. Galbraith. The Selection and Timing of Inflation Controls. 23 Review of Economics and Statistics, 82 (1941).

Jeremy K. Kessler. The Struggle for Administrative Legitimacy. 129 Harvard Law Review 718 (2016).

J. L. L. Administrative Features of the Emergency Price Control Act. 28 Virginia Law Review 991 (1942).

Gerhard Peters & John T. Woolley. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "Statement on Signing the Emergency Price Control Act.," January 30, 1942". The American Presidency Project. University of California - Santa Barbara.

Gerhard Peters & John T. Woolley. "Franklin D. Roosevelt: "Executive Order 8734 Establishing the Office of Price Administration and Civilian Supply.," April 11, 1941". The American Presidency Project. University of California - Santa Barbara.

Harold M. Stephens. The Chief Justice, 32 ABA Journal 387 (1946).

Their Day in Court. 736 BusinessWeek 14. (1943).

Video: Baby Bonds For Defense, 1941/04/17 (1941). Universal Newsreel. (1941). Retrieved February 20, 2012.

 

Alfred Auerbach. The OPA and Its Pricing Polices. New York: Fairchild. (1945).

Federal Reporter St. Paul : West Pub. Co., 1st series vol. 1 - 300, 1880 - 1925; 2d series vol.1 - 830, 1925 - 1988; title change to West Federal Reporter vol. 831 - 999, 1988 - 1993; 3rd series vol. 1-, (1993- ).

John Kenneth Galbraith. A Theory of Price Control. Boston, Harvard University Press. (1952).

John Kenneth Galbraith. A Life in Our Times: Memoirs. (1981).

Arthur Herman. Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II, pp. 127, 137-9, Random House, New York, N.Y. (2012).

Arthur Herman. Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II, pp. 153, 162-5, 171, Random House, New York, N.Y. (2012).

Julius Hirsch. Price Control in the War Economy. New York: Harper and Brothers.(1943).

Harvey Mansfield. A Short History of OPA. Washington, 1947.

Office of Temporary Controls. The Beginnings of OPA. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1947.

Victor A. Thompson. The Regulatory Process in OPA Rationing. New York: King's Crown Press, 1950.

West’s federal reporter, 2d through 3d series: cases argued and determined in the United States courts of appeals and Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals. St. Paul : West Pub. Co., 1925-

William Jerome Wilson & Mabel Randolph. OPA Bibliography, 1940–1947. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. (1948).

Dissertations and Theses (Dissertation Abstracts)                                                                                            

Index and full text of graduate dissertations and theses from North American and European schools and universities, including the University of California. (Dissertations & Theses - Proquest Digital Dissertations and Theses (PQDT) - Dissertation Abstracts - ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global) [1861 - present]

 

 

Social Science Journals