State v. Lay
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Information in two counts charging the defendant, as secretary of the Manufacturers’ Association of Hartford County, with a violation of chapter 163 of the Public Acts of 1911 (p. 1427), concerning "blacklisting,” in refusing to furnish to the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics the names of the members constituting said association, and in refusing to permit said commissioner to inspect the books, papers, and records of said association, brought to the Superior…
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Information in two counts charging the defendant, as secretary of the Manufacturers’ Association of Hartford County, with a violation of chapter 163 of the Public Acts of 1911 (p. 1427), concerning "blacklisting,” in refusing to furnish to the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics the names of the members constituting said association, and in refusing to permit said commissioner to inspect the books, papers, and records of said association, brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County where the defendant’s demurrer to the information was overruled and the cause tried to the jury…
1Opinion of the CourtCurtis, J.
The defendant was informed against, tried, and convicted of a violation of certain provisions of chapter 163 of the Public Acts of 1911. This Act provides as follows:—
“Section 1. No person or corporation, nor any agent or attorney thereof, nor any association of persons or corporations, shall maintain, subscribe to, belong to, or support any bureau or agency conducted for the purpose of preserving and furnishing to any member thereof or to others information descriptive of the character, skill, acts, or affiliations of any person whereby his reputation, standing in a trade, or ability to…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Beach v. BradstreetSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1912
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