From our private database of 31,100+ case briefs...
Yakus v. United States
United States Supreme Court
321 U.S. 414 (1944)

Facts
Pursuant to the Emergency Price Control Act, the Office of Price Administration (OPA) established maximum prices for several commodities, including beef. The act stated that its purpose was to stabilize prices to avoid wartime inflation. Further, the act provided that the OPA would fix the maximum price of a commodity only if the price first rose to a level that was inconsistent with the act’s purpose. Finally, the act laid out standards that the OPA was to apply in fixing prices, including that any prices so fixed were fair and equitable, and that the OPA consider prevailing prices during the period prior to their rise. Yakus (defendant) was charged with selling beef at prices above the maximum that the OPA had prescribed. Yakus was convicted. The United States Supreme Court granted certiorari based on Yakus’s argument that the act improperly delegated Congressional price-control powers to the OPA.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Stone, C.J.)
What to do next…
Here's why 556,000 law students have relied on our case briefs:
- Written by law professors and practitioners, not other law students. 31,100 briefs, keyed to 984 casebooks. Top-notch customer support.
- The right amount of information, includes the facts, issues, rule of law, holding and reasoning, and any concurrences and dissents.
- Access in your classes, works on your mobile and tablet. Massive library of related video lessons and high quality multiple-choice questions.
- Easy to use, uniform format for every case brief. Written in plain English, not in legalese. Our briefs summarize and simplify; they don’t just repeat the court’s language.