Legal Opinion
Keefe v. People
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided April 15, 1906No. 5915PublishedCited by 27 opinions
Error to the District Court of the City and County of Denver. Eon. Samuel L. Carpenter, Judge. John A. Keefe, John G-affy and William Denney were convicted of employing laborers on public improvements in the City of Denver for a. longer period than eight hours a day, and they bring error. Decision en banc.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Gabbert
The defendant was convicted under an information based upon the following statute:
“In all work hereafter undertaken in behalf of the state or any county, township, school district, municipality or incorporated town, it shall be unlawful for any board, officer, «agent, or any contractor or sub-contractor thereof to employ any mechanic, workingman or laborer in the prosecution of any such work for more than eight hours a day. ’ ’
The second section of the act permits work in excess of eight hours a day in emergency cases, provided that hours in excess of eight a day shall be treated as…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Lochner v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Atkin v. KansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- People ex rel. Elder v. SoursSupreme Court of Colorado · 1903
- Van Denburgh v. President & Trustees of Village of GreenbushNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
- In re MorganSupreme Court of Colorado · 1899
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3Cited by27 opinions
- City of Canon City v. MerrisSupreme Court of Colorado · 1958
- Luhrs v. City of PhoenixArizona Supreme Court · 1938
- City & County of Denver v. TihenSupreme Court of Colorado · 1925
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad v. City & County of DenverSupreme Court of Colorado · 1983
- People Ex Rel. Hershey v. McNicholsSupreme Court of Colorado · 1932
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