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seminole
rock
sand
argued
decided
june
henry
hart
washington
petitioner
pro
hac
vice
special
leave
robert
anderson
miami
respondent
justice
murphy
delivered
opinion
consideration
directed
proper
interpretation
application
certain
provisions
maximum
price
regulation
issued
administrator
office
price
administration
section
emergency
price
control
act
respondent
manufacturer
crushed
stone
commodity
subject
maximum
price
regulation
october
respondent
contracted
furnish
seaboard
air
line
railway
crushed
stone
demand
cents
per
ton
delivered
called
seaboard
stone
actually
delivered
seaboard
march
january
respondent
contracted
sell
crushed
stone
loftis
government
contractor
engaged
construction
government
dam
ton
stone
delivered
respondent
barge
needed
dam
site
small
portion
stone
different
grade
sold
seaboard
delivered
loftis
january
pursuant
contract
time
thereafter
however
lotfis
unable
pour
concrete
store
crushed
stone
dam
site
respondent
thus
made
deliveries
contract
august
time
stone
grade
received
seaboard
delivered
loftis
rate
subsequently
effective
date
maximum
price
regulation
respondent
made
new
contracts
sell
crushed
stone
seaboard
cents
per
ton
alleging
highest
price
res
ondent
lawfully
sell
crushed
stone
kind
sold
seaboard
cents
ton
since
asserted
highest
price
charged
respondent
crucial
month
march
administrator
office
price
administration
brought
action
enjoin
respondent
violating
act
maximum
price
regulation
district
dismissed
action
ground
ton
highest
price
charged
respondent
march
ceiling
price
exceeded
fifth
circuit
appeals
affirmed
judgment
granted
certiorari
importance
problem
administration
emergency
price
control
stabilization
laws
efforts
combat
war
time
inflation
administrator
originally
adopted
policy
piecemeal
price
control
certain
specified
articles
subject
price
regulation
april
however
issued
general
maximum
price
regulation
brought
entire
economy
nation
price
control
certain
minor
exceptions
core
regulation
requirement
seller
shall
charge
prices
charged
selected
base
period
march
still
applying
general
price
march
numerous
specialized
regulations
relating
particular
groups
commodities
subsequently
made
certain
refinements
modifications
general
regulation
maximum
price
regulation
covering
specified
building
materials
consumers
goods
number
problem
case
determine
highest
price
respondent
charged
crushed
stone
march
within
meaning
maximum
price
regulation
since
involves
interpretation
trative
regulation
must
necessarily
look
administrative
construction
regulation
meaning
words
used
doubt
intention
congress
principles
constitution
situations
may
relevant
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instance
choosing
various
constructions
ultimate
criterion
administrative
interpretation
becomes
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weight
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regulation
legality
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process
course
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matter
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meaning
certain
portions
maximum
price
regulation
tools
therefore
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words
regulation
relevant
interpretations
administrator
section
maximum
price
regulation
provides
maximum
price
article
delivered
offered
delivery
march
manufacturer
shall
highest
price
charged
manufacturer
march
defined
article
section
turn
provides
purposes
regulation
term
highest
price
charged
march
means
highest
price
seller
charged
purchaser
class
delivery
article
material
march
ii
seller
made
delivery
march
seller
highest
offering
price
purchaser
class
delivery
article
material
month
iii
seller
made
delivery
offering
price
purchaser
class
march
highest
price
charged
seller
march
purchaser
different
class
justed
reflect
seller
customary
differential
two
classes
purchasers
thus
evident
regulation
establishes
three
mutually
exclusive
rules
determining
highest
price
charged
seller
march
facts
case
must
first
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rule
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instance
centers
meaning
applicability
rule
administrator
claims
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whenever
actual
delivery
articles
month
march
occurred
respondent
delivered
crushed
rock
seaboard
rate
respondent
hand
argues
must
charge
delivery
march
order
fix
ceiling
price
according
rule
since
charge
sale
seaboard
occurred
several
months
prior
march
asserted
rule
becomes
inapplicable
rule
ii
must
used
inasmuch
outstanding
offering
price
per
ton
delivery
crushed
stone
loftis
month
march
although
stone
actually
delivered
time
respondent
concludes
requirements
rule
ii
met
ceiling
price
per
ton
read
regulation
however
rule
clearly
applies
facts
case
making
cents
per
ton
ceiling
price
respondent
crushed
stone
regulation
recognizes
fact
one
meaning
may
attached
phrase
price
charged
mach
phrase
might
construed
mean
actual
charges
sales
made
march
regardless
delivery
dates
might
refer
charges
made
actual
delivery
march
whatever
may
variety
meanings
however
rule
adopts
highest
price
seller
delivery
article
march
essential
element
bringing
rule
operation
thus
fact
delivery
march
delivery
occurs
period
highest
price
charged
delivery
becomes
ceiling
price
nothing
said
concerning
time
charge
giving
rise
delivery
occurs
one
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sale
charge
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relative
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actually
delivered
march
still
said
delivery
march
conclude
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purposes
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price
charged
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delivered
march
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ceiling
price
regardless
time
sale
charge
made
conclusion
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fact
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ii
becomes
applicable
onl
seller
made
delivery
march
contemplated
rule
absence
delivery
rather
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charge
delivery
march
necessary
make
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ineffective
thereby
indicating
factor
delivery
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rule
apparent
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one
section
general
maximum
price
regulation
incorporated
reference
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price
regulation
section
defines
word
meaning
purchaser
carrier
shipment
purchaser
march
thus
article
purchaser
march
existence
executory
contract
shipments
actually
made
month
short
administrator
rule
concerned
actually
delivered
might
delivered
doubts
concerning
interpretation
rule
removed
reference
administrative
construction
method
computing
ceiling
price
thus
bulletin
issued
administrator
concurrently
general
maximum
price
regulation
entitled
every
retailer
know
general
maximum
price
regulation
made
available
manufacturers
well
wholesalers
retailers
administrator
stated
highest
price
charged
march
means
highest
price
retailer
charged
article
actually
delivered
month
make
delivery
article
march
highest
offering
price
delivery
article
march
also
stated
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noted
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delivery
march
rather
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sale
march
controlling
first
quarterly
report
congress
administrator
remarked
highest
price
charged
means
one
two
things
means
top
price
article
delivered
march
completion
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purchaser
class
actual
delivery
particular
article
march
seller
may
establish
maximum
price
highest
price
offered
article
sale
month
finally
administrator
stated
position
uniformly
taken
office
price
administration
countless
explanations
interpretations
given
inquirers
affected
type
maximum
price
determination
reading
language
section
maximum
price
regulation
consistent
administrative
phrase
price
charged
march
thus
compel
conclusion
respondent
highest
price
charged
march
crushed
stone
cents
per
ton
since
highest
price
charged
stone
actually
delivered
month
two
courts
erred
interpretation
regulation
judgment
must
accordingly
reversed
course
reach
question
constitutionality
statutory
validity
regulation
construed
matters
must
first
instance
presented
emergency
appeals
lockerty
phillips
yakus
concerned
possible
hardship
enforcement
price
ceiling
may
impose
respondent
adequate
avenues
relief
hardship
open
respondent
provisions
section
act
section
regulation
reversed
justice
roberts
thinks
judgment
affirmed
reasons
given
opinion
circuit
appeals
footnotes
stat
contract
actually
spoke
terms
per
cubic
yard
appreciable
difference
cubic
yard
crushed
stone
ton
crushed
stone
administrator
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sought
recover
respondent
judgment
section
act
three
times
amount
sales
price
crushed
stone
sold
respondent
seaboard
effective
date
maximum
price
regulation
exceeded
cents
per
ton
district
held
purchaser
rather
administrator
vested
whatever
cause
action
existed
recover
judgment
section
circuit
appeals
however
held
section
amended
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stabilization
extension
act
stat
entitled
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purchaser
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suit
circumstances
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aspect
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us
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points
provision
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act
stat
effect
term
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act
includes
dispositions
exchanges
leases
transfers
contracts
offers
foregoing
well
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provision
section
general
maximum
price
regulation
definition
assistance
determining
meaning
administrator
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phrase
delivery
march
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price
regulation
bulletin
may
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price
regulation
established
prices
identical
level
general
maximum
price
regulation
articles
dealt
march
respondent
points
two
allegedly
inconsistent
interpretations
made
administrator
august
press
release
made
certain
statements
reference
amendment
general
maximum
price
regulation
allowing
different
method
maximum
price
computation
general
price
increases
announced
prior
april
deliveries
lower
prices
made
march
previous
contracts
provisions
applicability
amendment
issue
case
statements
interpreting
amendment
aring
december
press
release
issued
statement
interpreting
amendment
general
maximum
price
regulation
amendment
maximum
price
regulation
amendments
authorized
sellers
made
general
price
increases
prior
april
apply
increases
ceiling
prices
goods
services
delivered
march
contracts
administrator
explanation
amendments
presently
us
likewise
irrelevant
case
indeed
fact
administrator
found
necessary
make
amendments
evidence
rules
issue
price
established
previous
contract
maximum
price
highest
price
goods
actually
delivered
march