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CHASTLETON CORP. v. SINCLAIR

No. 467.

264 U.S. 543 (1924)

44 S.Ct. 405

68 L.Ed. 841

THE CHASTLETON CORPORATION ET AL. v. SINCLAIR ET AL., RENT COMMISSION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 21, 1924.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. W. Gwynn Gardiner for appellants.

Mr. Chapin Brown and Mr. Robert H. McNeill for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a bill in equity brought to restrain the enforcement of an order of the Rent Commission of the District of Columbia cutting down the rents for apartments in the Chastleton apartment house in this city. The defendants are the Rent Commission and the tenants of the building. The order was passed on August 7, 1922, and purports to fix the reasonable rates from the...

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