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WOLFF CO. v. INDUSTRIAL COURT

No. 739.

262 U.S. 522 (1923)

CHAS. WOLFF PACKING COMPANY v. COURT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS OF THE STATE OF KANSAS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 11, 1923.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. D.R. Hite and Mr. John S. Dean, with whom Mr. Harry W. Colmery was on the briefs, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. John G. Egan and Mr. Chester I. Long, with whom Mr. Charles B. Griffith, Attorney General of the State of Kansas, Mr. Randal C. Harvey and Mr. Austin M. Cowan were on the briefs, for defendant in error.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT, after stating the case as above, delivered the opinion of the Court.

The necessary postulate of the Industrial Court Act is that the State, representing the people, is so much interested in their peace, health and comfort that it may compel those engaged in the manufacture of food, and clothing, and the production of fuel, whether owners or workers, to continue...

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