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Crane v. New York

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided November 29, 1915No. 388PublishedCited by 97 opinions

ERROR TO THE COURT OF SPECIAL SESSIONS, FIRST DISTRICT, CITY OF NEW YORK, STATE OF NEW YORK. . The facts, which involve the constitutionality of § 14 of the Labor Law of New York, are stated in the opinion. submitted: The conviction of plaintiff in error was erroneous because it was based upon a violation of § 14, c. 36, Laws of 1909 of New York, known as the Labor Law, which is void, as in conflict with § 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment; also because it abridges the…

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ERROR TO THE COURT OF SPECIAL SESSIONS, FIRST DISTRICT, CITY OF NEW YORK, STATE OF NEW YORK. . The facts, which involve the constitutionality of § 14 of the Labor Law of New York, are stated in the opinion. submitted: The conviction of plaintiff in error was erroneous because it was based upon a violation of § 14, c. 36, Laws of 1909 of New York, known as the Labor Law, which is void, as in conflict with § 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment; also because it abridges the privileges and immunities of plaintiff in error, a citizen of the United States, and of his alien employés by depriving1'them of…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna

This case was argued and submitted with Heim v. McCall, ante, p. 175, just decided. It involves the criminal feature of § 14 of the Labor Law of the State which was the subject of the opinion in Heim v. McCall, ante, p. 175. It provided that a violation of the section should constitute- a misdemeanor and be punished by fine or imprisonment, or by both.

The case was commenced by information which accused Crane, plaintiff in error, while engaged as a contractor with'the city in the construction of a public work of such city, by virtue of a contract entered into with the city, of having employed…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. People v. . CraneNew York Court of Appeals · 1915

3Cited by97 opinions

  1. In Re GriffithsSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Sugarman v. DougallSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  3. Examining Bd. of Engineers, Architects and Surveyors v. Flores De OteroSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. People v. BroadieNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
  5. Hicklin v. OrbeckSupreme Court of the United States · 1978

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