Barbier v. Connolly
Supreme Court of the United States
IN ERROR TO THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA. On. the 8fch of April, 1884, the Board of Supervisors of the city and county of San Francisco, the legislative authority of that municipality, passed an ordinance reciting that the indiscriminate establishment' of public laundries- and wash-houses, where' clothes and other articles were cleansed for hire, endangered the public health and the public safety, prejudiced the- well-being…
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IN ERROR TO THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA. On. the 8fch of April, 1884, the Board of Supervisors of the city and county of San Francisco, the legislative authority of that municipality, passed an ordinance reciting that the indiscriminate establishment' of public laundries- and wash-houses, where' clothes and other articles were cleansed for hire, endangered the public health and the public safety, prejudiced the- well-being and comfort of the community, and depreciated the value of property in their neighborhood; and then ordaining, pursuant…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
He recited the facts as above stated, and continued:
In this case we can only consider whether the fourth section of the ordinance of the city and county of San Francisco is in con flict with the Constitution or laws of the United States. We cannot pass upon the conformity of that section with the requirements of the Constitution of the State. Our jurisdiction is confined to a consideration of the federal question involved, which arises upon an alleged conflict of the fourth section in question with the first section of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the'United States. No.…
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