Fred M. Vinson

“ Jurisdiction of the Emergency Court of Appeals over any complaint arises, pursuant to § 204 (e) (1) , when the court in which a civil or criminal enforcement proceeding is pending has granted the defendant leave to file in the Emergency Court of Appeals a complaint setting forth objections to the validity of any provision which the defendant is alleged to have violated, and the defendant has duly filed such a complaint. ”

“ Thus, it appears that the Emergency Court of Appeals may still be able to acquire jurisdiction to review rent orders, issued under the Price Control Act, by means of the protest and complaint procedure of §§ 203 (a) and 204 (a) . Accordingly, the exclusive jurisdiction provision in § 204 (d) is not a meaningless anomaly so far as review of rent control order is concerned, and it remains as substantial a barrier to review of the second rent order by the District Court as it was held to be in Yakus v. ”

“ Under the 1944 amendment, which is preserved unchanged for rent orders, this period was extended so that protests can be filed 'At any time after the issuance' of the regulation or order, although the 1947 amendment expressly takes cognizance of the right of the United States or any officer thereof to dismiss any protest under § 203 on the ground of laches. ”