Bowles v. Cudahy Packing Co., Civil Actions No. 3060
Decision Date | 27 January 1945 |
Docket Number | 3061.,Civil Actions No. 3060 |
Citation | 58 F. Supp. 748 |
Parties | BOWLES, Adm'r, Office of Price Administration, v. CUDAHY PACKING CO. (two cases). |
Court | U.S. District Court — Western District of Pennsylvania |
Jno. A. Metz, Jr., Dist. Enf. Atty., and Samuel E. Chertoff, both of Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiff.
Tracy W. Buckingham, of Chicago, Ill., and John C. Bane, Jr., and Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, all of Pittsburgh, Pa., for defendants.
These two cases were tried together by agreement of counsel.
The defendant, in No. 3060 Civil Action, is a Maine corporation licensed to do business in Pennsylvania. The defendant, in No. 3061 Civil Action, is a Pennsylvania corporation.
In both actions the defendant is charged with failing and refusing to comply with the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, Pub. Law 421, 77th Cong., 2nd Sess., 56 Stat. 23 as amended, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 901 et seq.; and Maximum Price Regulation No. 289, Dairy Products, issued December 24, 1942. This Regulation provides (Section 1351.1503):
And Section 1351.1506 thereof provided:
The plaintiff in each case is seeking an injunction under Section 205(a) of the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, 56 Stat. 23, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 925(a), which provides:
"* * * Whenever in the judgment of the Administrator any person has engaged or is about to engage in any acts or practices which constitute or...
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