§4557 — Title 50 War and National Defense | U.S. Code

Summary

Following rules or orders under this chapter protects people from being held responsible for damages or penalties for actions or failures that come from following those rules, even if a court later says the rule was invalid. Priority orders and materials allocated under subchapter I cannot be charged higher prices or given worse terms than similar contracts.

Title 50, §4557

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No person shall be held liable for damages or penalties for any act or failure to act resulting directly or indirectly from compliance with a rule, regulation, or order issued pursuant to this chapter, notwithstanding that any such rule, regulation, or order shall thereafter be declared by judicial or other competent authority to be invalid. No person shall discriminate against orders or contracts to which priority is assigned or for which materials or facilities are allocated under subchapter I of this chapter or under any rule, regulation, or order issued thereunder, by charging higher prices or by imposing different terms and conditions for such orders or contracts than for other generally comparable orders or contracts, or in any other manner.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning act Sept. 8, 1950, ch. 932, 64 Stat. 798, known as the Defense Production Act of 1950, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 4501 of this title and Tables. Codification Section was formerly classified to section 2157 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Amendments

1952—Act June 30, 1952, in first sentence struck out “his” before “compliance with”.

§4557 Liability for Compliance with Invalid Regulations; Discrimination Against Orders or Contracts Affected by Priorities or Allocations