ERIE R.R. CO. v. WILLIAMS

No. 274.

233 U.S. 685 (1914)

ERIE RAILROAD COMPANY v. WILLIAMS, AS COMMISSIONER OF LABOR OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 25, 1914.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Frederic D. McKenney, with whom Mr. George F. Brownell was on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Joseph A. Kellogg, with whom Mr. Thomas Carmody, Attorney General of the State of New York, and Mr. Wilber W. Chambers were on the brief, for defendant in error:


MR. JUSTICE McKENNA, after stating the case as above, delivered the opinion of the court.

The contention of plaintiff is that the Labor Law is repugnant to the Fourteenth Amendment "in that it deprives the company of property, and specifically deprives the company, and those of its employes to whom it applies, of liberty without due process of law." The contention may be limited at the outset to the rights of the company...

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