New York State Railways v. Shuler
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. Error to a judgment affirming an award under the New York Workmen’s Compensation Law. The judgment was entered in the Supreme Court of New York after affirmances by the Appellate Division and the Court of Appeals and remittitur of the record.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. Error to a judgment affirming an award under the New York Workmen’s Compensation Law. The judgment was entered in the Supreme Court of New York after affirmances by the Appellate Division and the Court of Appeals and remittitur of the record. The compulsory payment of $900, prescribed by the statute under review, deprives the employer, without fault, of its property, in contravention of the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. New York Central R. R. Co. v. White, 243 U. S. 188; Mountain Timber Co. v. Washington, 243 U. S. 219;…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sanford
This case, which was heard with Sheehan Co. v. Shuler, No. 593, just decided, ante, 371, likewise involves the question of the constitutionality of the amendment to the Workmen’s Compensation Law of New York relating to the creation of a special fund for the maintenance of employees undergoing vocational rehabilitation.
The only difference between the two cases in this respect is that the present case arose under the Laws of 1920, c. 760, by which the amendment (then constituting subdivision 8 of § 15 of the Compensation Law), required the employer to pay the sum of nine hundred dollars to…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Claim of the Claim for Compensation under the Workmen's Compensation Law, on Account of the Death of Watkinson v. Hotel PennsylvaniaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1921
- Matter of McNamara v. . New York State RailwaysNew York Court of Appeals · 1922
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