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BOWLES v. WILLINGHAM
Supreme Court of United States (1944) | 321 U.S. 503; 64 S.Ct. 641; 88 L.Ed. 892
TL;DR: The Supreme Court upheld the Emergency Price Control Act's rent control provisions against constitutional challenges, finding Congress's delegation of authority to an administrator valid and the Act's procedures consistent with due process, given the wartime emergency.
Legal Significance: This case affirmed Congress's broad authority under its war powers to delegate price-setting functions to an administrative agency with only general standards, and established that post-deprivation judicial review can satisfy procedural due process for economic regulations in an emergency.