Legal Opinion
General Motors Corp. v. Attorney General
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided September 6, 1940No. Docket No. 55, Calendar No. 40,975PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNorth, J.
General Motors Corporation, a Delaware corporation, duly authorized to do business in Michigan, is engaged in the business of manufacturing and selling automobiles and parts in Lansing, Michigan. In its business the plaintiff corporation employs both men and women in various branches of its work, maintaining a wage scale, varying and graduated for both women and men, and said to be based upon the skill, experience, capacity, and ability of its employees.
In 1931, the legislature of Michigan enacted Act No. 328, § 556, Pub. Acts 1931 (Comp. Laws Supp. 1940, § 17115-556, Stat. Ann. § 28.824),…
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