Chastleton Corp. v. Sinclair, 264 U.S. 543 (1924) (No. 467)
1924
Case name: Chastleton Corp. v. Sinclair Opinion filed: 1924-04-21 Docket No.: 467 Citations: • 264 U.S. 543 • 44 S. Ct. 405 • 68 L. Ed. 841 • 1924 U.S. LEXIS 2536 Case holding summaries: • "the Court may ascertain as it sees fit any fact that is merely a ground for laying down a rule of law" • holding that an appeal from the District of Columbia rent commission was not an adequate remedy at law because it precluded a constitutional attack on the post-war extension of rent control on the basis that no further emergency existed