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Woods sued the Miller rent company to enjoin (prohibit by court order) the rent increase. | Woods sued the Miller rent company to enjoin (prohibit by court order) the rent increase. | ||
|procedural_history=The federal district court ruled that the rent controls were impermissible after the war. | |procedural_history=The federal district court ruled that the rent controls were impermissible after the war. | ||
|holding=Congress's war powers including the implied power to pass rent control laws endure beyond the end of war hostilities. | |||
|rule=The [[Constitution_of_the_United_States#Necessary_and_Proper_Clause|Necessary and Proper Clause]] gives [[Congress]] the power to make laws to facilitate its declaration of war. | |rule=The [[Constitution_of_the_United_States#Necessary_and_Proper_Clause|Necessary and Proper Clause]] gives [[Congress]] the power to make laws to facilitate its declaration of war. | ||
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Woods v. Cloyd W. Miller Co. | |
Court | Supreme Court of the United States |
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Citation | |
Date decided | February 1948 |
Facts
World War II made the housing shortage worse in the United States. Housing costs were increasing precipitously in the late 1940s.
Congress passed rent control laws during WW II. After the war, SCOTUS considered if Congress can regulate rent near military bases.
Housing and Rent Act of 1947 was passed by Congress. The Cloyd W. Miller Co. (home-renting company) raised its rents in contravention of the Rent Act.
Woods sued the Miller rent company to enjoin (prohibit by court order) the rent increase.Procedural History
The federal district court ruled that the rent controls were impermissible after the war.
Holding
Congress's war powers including the implied power to pass rent control laws endure beyond the end of war hostilities.
Rule
The Necessary and Proper Clause gives Congress the power to make laws to facilitate its declaration of war.