United States v. Steagall’s Empirical Analysis

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1 district · 3 state decisions

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The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““In this suit against a married woman the Expediter sought restitution and damages under the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, 50 U. S. C. A. Appendix, No. 901 et seq., and an in junction pursuant to the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, 50 U. S. C. A. Appendix, No. 1881 et seq. When, to this action, the lessor pleaded coverture, the complaint was amended to include the husband, in conformity with the statutes of Texas. “Prior to May 18, 1945, the lawful rent was $8.00 per week: on this date it was ordered reduced to $3.25 per week. The Court found that, nevertheless, $8.00 per week was, contrary to the reduction order, collected from all tenants except one, from whom $6.00 per week was collected. The Expediter herein seeks damages, retroactively, for overcharges collected prior to the reduction order. This cannot be done. Neither damages nor overcharges can be lawfully assessed against a landlord for having collected rent which, when collected, was lawful. The Expediter is not entitled to collect as overcharges ox-damages rents lawfully fixed and collected prior to the reduction order. A reduction order, standing alone, does not make unlawful that which was lawful at the time it was done. (178 Fed. Reporter 2d at page 915.) (Emphasis by the court.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Huff v. Spruance

2. ““Provision of the Housing and Rent Act of 1947 that suit to recover rental overcharge may be brought in any federal, state, or territorial court of competent jurisdiction within one year after date of violation of the act, is a statute of jurisdiction and not a statute of limitation. Housing and Rent Act of 1947, No. 205, 50 U. S. C. A. Appendix, No. 1895. “Any suit brought after date of Federal Housing and Rent Act of 1947 to recover rental overcharges, must be brought under that act, rather than under prior acts, having no saving clause. Housing and Rent Act of 1947, No. 1 et. seq., 50 U. S. C. A. Appendix, No. 1881 et seq. “Whenever the legislative branch of the government enters a field and enacts a law, both existing law and equity must conform thereto. “In suit against landlord by Housing Expediter under the Housing and Rent Act of 1947 to compel restitution for tenants charged excess rentals, Housing Expediter had right to recovery, limited to a period of one year dating from the filing of the suit. Housing and Rent Act of 1947, No. 1 et seq., 205, 50 U. S. C. A. Appendix, Nos. 1881 et seq., 1895.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Huff v. Spruance