Woods v. Cloyd W. Miller Co.
Significance, Solicitor General
Appellant
Tighe E. Woods, Housing Expediter, Office of the Housing Expediter
Appellee
Cloyd W. Miller Co., et al.
Appellant's Claim
That the authority of Congress to regulate rents by virtue of the War Power Act had terminated.
Chief Lawyer for Appellant
Philip B. Perlman, Solicitor General of Washington, D.C.
Chief Lawyer for Appellee
Paul S. Knight
Justices for the Court
Hugo Lafayette Black, Harold Burton, William O. Douglas (writing for the Court), Felix Frankfurter, Robert H. Jackson, Frank Murphy, Stanley Forman Reed, Wiley Blount Rutledge, Fred Moore Vinson
Justices Dissenting
None
Place
Washington, D.C.
Date of Decision
16 February 1948
Decision
The continuation of rent control by Housing and Rent Act of 1947, enacted after the termination of hostilities, was unanimously held to be a valid exercise of the war power.
Related Cases
- Block v. Hirsh, 256 U.S. 135 (1921).
Sources
West's Encyclopedia of American Law, Vol. 9. St. Paul/Minneapolis, MN: The West Group, 1998.
Further Readings
- Biskupic, Joan, and Elder Witt, eds. Congressional Quarterly's Guide to the U.S. Supreme Court, 3rd ed. Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly, Inc., 1996.
- Hall, Kermit L., ed. Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court. New York: Oxford University Press, p. 909.
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