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DAY-BRITE LIGHTING, INC. v. MISSOURI.

No. 317.

342 U.S. 421 (1952)

DAY-BRITE LIGHTING, INC. v. MISSOURI.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 3, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry C. M. Lamkin argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief were William H. Armstrong and Louis J. Portner. Thomas H. Cobbs was also of counsel.

John R. Baty, Assistant Attorney General of Missouri, for appellee. With him on the brief was J. E. Taylor, Attorney General. Arthur M. O'Keefe, Assistant Attorney General, was also of counsel.

J. Albert Woll, Herbert S. Thatcher and James A. Glenn filed a brief for the American Federation of Labor, as amicus curiae, supporting appellee.

MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS delivered the opinion of the Court.

Missouri has a statute, Mo. Rev. Stat., 1949, § 129.060. first enacted in 1897, which was designed to end the coercion of employees by employers in the exercise of the franchise. It provides that an employee may absent himself from his employment for four hours between the opening and closing of the polls without penalty, and that any employer who among other things...

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