Legal Opinion

United States v. San Francisco Bridge Co.

District Court, N.D. California

Decided June 25, 1898No. 3,485PublishedCited by 8 opinions

The San Francisco Bridge Company was convicted of the violation, as a contractor on the new post office at San Francisco, of the act' of congress of August 1, 1892, by requiring and permitting laborers to work on such building more than eight hours in one calendar day. Heard on motion in arrest of judgment. .

1Opinion of the Court

DE HAVEN, District Judge.

The defendant has been convicted of the violation of “an act relating to the limitation of the hours of daily service of laborers and mechanics employed upon the publio works of the United States and of the District of Columbia,” approved August 1, 1892 (2 Supp. Rev. St. [2d Ed.] p. 62), and has interposed a motion for an arrest of judgment. Section 1 of the act referred to makes it unlawful for any officer of the United States government or of the District of Columbia, or for any contractor or subcontractor whose duty it shall be to employ, direct, or control the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Ableman v. BoothSupreme Court of the United States · 1859
  2. People v. GodfreyNew York Supreme Court · 1819
  3. United States v. John Kelso Co.District Court, N.D. California · 1898
  4. United States v. NoelkeU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1880
  5. United States v. StahlU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Kansas · 1868

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. State v. TullyMontana Supreme Court · 1904
  2. Atwater v. Lober, New York County Courts1929
  3. Pueblo v. SuárezSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1937
  4. United States v. Oregon-Washington R. & Navigation Co.District Court, E.D. Washington · 1914
  5. United States v. DimmickDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1901

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