Daniels v. City of Fort Smith

In 1969, the State of Arkansas adopted as a public policy a minimum wage standard for employees engaged in the construction of public work projects. Today, the Court refuses to apply this policy for the benefit of employees engaged in the construction of a project which was voted on by the public, financed on public credit and constructed on public property in the public interest for a public purpose. Although the project is being used exclusively for the public purpose for which it was constructed, the Court holds that the project was not constructed for a public use and, therefore, is not a…