Erie Railroad v. Williams
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. Suit brought by plaintiff in error, the Erie Railroad Company (as it was plaintiff below we shall so designate it) to restrain the defendant in error (herein called defendant) from instituting actions to recover penalties for noncompliance with the provisions of the Labor Law of the State of New York (Laws of 1907, c. 415; General Laws, c. 32) which required plaintiff to pay its employés semimonthly and in cash.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. Suit brought by plaintiff in error, the Erie Railroad Company (as it was plaintiff below we shall so designate it) to restrain the defendant in error (herein called defendant) from instituting actions to recover penalties for noncompliance with the provisions of the Labor Law of the State of New York (Laws of 1907, c. 415; General Laws, c. 32) which required plaintiff to pay its employés semimonthly and in cash. The object of the suit is to test the constitutionality of the law. The bill is very elaborate and alleges with much detail the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
The contention of plaintiff is that the Labor Law is repugnant to the Fourteenth Amendment "in that it deprives the company of property, and specifically deprives the company, and those of its employés to whom it applies, of liberty without due process of law.” The contention may be limited at the outset to the rights of the company. It cannot complain for its employés; and before considering the contention thus limited, it is well to see what meaning or extent the Court of Appeals gave to the law.
The court decided that the law operates not only to require the railroads to pay their employés…
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