Day-Brite Lighting, Inc. v. Missouri

The constitutional issue in this case, if not very vital in its present application, surely is a debatable one. Two state courts of last resort, the only ones to consider similar legislation, have held it unconstitutional.1 Only unreviewed decisions of intermediate courts2 can be cited in support of the Court’s holding.

*426Appellant employed one Grotemeyer', under a union contract, on an hourly basis at $1.60 per hour for each hour worked. He demanded a four-hour leave of absence, with full pay, on election day to do campaigning and to get out the vote. It is stipulated that his residence was 200…