People v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
Supreme Court of Colorado
Criminal prosecution under the Anti-Coercion Act. Act held unconstitutional and defendants discharged. Error to the District Court of the City and County of Denver, Hon. John H. Denison, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Burke
In this cause an information was filed in the trial court, against the defendants charging them with a violation of chapter 5, Session Laws of 1911, known as “The Anti-Coercion Act,” in that as a condition to the continued employment of one Holson they required of him a contract that he sever his connection with The Commercial Telegraphers’ Union of America, and upon his refusal to comply discharged him. To this information defendants demurred on the ground that “the Anti-Coercion Act” was unconstitutional under the Bill of Rights of the State of Colorado and the XIV amendment to the Federal…
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