Woods v. Cloyd W. Miller Co., 333 U.S. 138 (1948), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the war powers of the United States Congress extend beyond the end of hostilities allowing them to remedy problems caused by a war after it has ended.

Congress passed a law limiting rents in certain areas for the purposes of controlling a deficit of housing due to returning veterans which took effect July 1, 1947.

Hostilities in World War II had been terminated by presidential proclamation on December 31, 1946.

The Supreme Court found the law valid under the Necessary and Proper and War Powers clauses of the Constitution.

The Court held, "Congress has the power even after the cessation of hostilities to act to control the forces that a short supply of the needed article created.