United States v. Garbish
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OP LOUISIANA. The facts, which involve the construction of the Federal Eight Hour Labor Law, are stated in the opinion'. The Solicitor General for the United States.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
Defendant in error was indicted for violation of the act. of Congress of August 1,1892, c. 352, 27 Stat. 340, which restricts the service and employment of all laborers and mechanics who are now or may hereafter be employed ,by the Government or by any contractor or subcontractor, upon any of the public works of the United States, to eight hours in any one calendar day, and makes it unlawful for any officer of' the Government or any such contractor to require or permit any such laborer to work a longer time “except in cases of extraordinary emergency.”
The indictment set out in proper form…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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