Brazee v. Michigan
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP MICHIGAN. The. facts, which involve the constitutionality under the Fourteenth Amendment of Public Act No. 301 of 1913. of Michigan, imposing licenses on the conducting of employment agencies, are stated in the opinion. The provision in § 5 of the statute is unconstitutional in that it abridges the right and liberty to contract, and is a denial of due process of law. The whole act is unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP MICHIGAN. The. facts, which involve the constitutionality under the Fourteenth Amendment of Public Act No. 301 of 1913. of Michigan, imposing licenses on the conducting of employment agencies, are stated in the opinion. The provision in § 5 of the statute is unconstitutional in that it abridges the right and liberty to contract, and is a denial of due process of law. The whole act is unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment. The penalty provisions of the statute are unconstitutional. The facts are reviewable by this court.- The case is one of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McReynolds
Brazee having taken out a license to conduct an employment agency in Detroit under Act 301, Public- Acts of Michigan, 1913, was thereafter convicted upon a charge of violating its provisions by sending one seeking.employment to an employer who had not applied for help. He claimed the statute was invalid upon its face because in conflict with both state and Federal Constitutions, and lost in both trial and Supreme Courts. 183 Michigan, 259. Now he insists it offends that portion of the Fourteenth Amendment which declares, “No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the…
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