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State v. Polakow's Realty Experts, Inc.

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided October 22, 1942No. 6 Div. 18, 22PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GARDNER, Chief Justice.

We are asked by appellees to strike down Chapter 14, Title 46, Code 1940, originally enacted in 1927, Gen.Acts 1927 p. 335, as in contravention of both the State and Federal Constitutions. The argument, which found favor in the Court below, is based in part upon the theory that the right to earn a livelihood by following the ordinary occupations of life is a fundamental, natural, inherent and inalienable right, sacred and valuable, and fully protected by our fundamental laws.

This principle is of course well supported by the authorities and not here denied. 11 Amer.Jur.…

2Cases cited37 opinions

  1. Federal Power Commission v. Natural Gas Pipeline Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
  2. New State Ice Co. v. LiebmannSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  3. Hall v. Geiger-Jones Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1917
  4. Chas. Wolff Packing Co. v. Court of Industrial RelationsSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
  5. Williams v. Standard Oil Co. of La.Supreme Court of the United States · 1929

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Alabama State Federation of Labor v. McAdorySupreme Court of Alabama · 1944
  2. Young v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1969
  3. State v. WarrenSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1960
  4. Cyphers v. AllynSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1955
  5. Cooper v. JohnstonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1969

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