DORCHY v. KANSAS

No. 163.

264 U.S. 286 (1924)

DORCHY v. STATE OF KANSAS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 10, 1924.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John F. McCarron and Mr. Phil H. Callery, with whom Mr. Redmond S. Brennan and Mr. Frank Bonar Hegarty were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. John G. Egan, Assistant Attorney General of the State of Kansas, and Mr. Chester I. Long, with whom Mr. Charles B. Griffith, Attorney General, Mr. Austin M. Cowan and Mr. William E. Stanley were on the brief, for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Court of Industrial Relations Act was approved January 23, 1920. Laws of Kansas, 1920, Special Session, c. 29. The purpose of the statute is to ensure continuity of operation in coal mining and other businesses declared to be affected with a public interest.1 The means provided for accomplishing this is a system of compulsory arbitration...

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