LORENTZEN v. DEERE MANUFACTURING CO.

No. 48582.

66 N.W.2d 499 (1954)

H. M. LORENTZEN, Walter Payne, Roland W. Wonders, H. W. Grubbs, John Becker, Roland W. Bish, Leo R. Doke, Larry Dirlam, R. W. Warburton, G. R. Ellston, Danial Bishop, Natchio Vasquez, Palmer Anderson, C. R. Martin, W. C. Lee, W. O. Watkins, John W. Lindahl, L. M. Raper, Lowell W. Melone, Wm. Z. Johnson, Everett Shaw, Alex Quigano, Emil Bozich and William Galetich, Appellants, v. DEERE MANUFACTURING CO., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

October 19, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Connolly, O'Malley & McNutt, Des Moines, for appellants.

Gibson, Stewart & Garrett, Des Moines, for appellee.

C. I. McNutt, Des Moines, for Iowa State Federation of Labor, amicus curiae.

Robertson & Hoebreckx, Milwaukee, Wis., for J. I. Case Co., amicus curiae.

B. F. Swisher, Waterloo, Gen. Counsel of Rath Packing Co., amicus curiae.

Pike, Sias, Butler & Hoxie, Waterloo, amicus curiae.


THOMPSON, Justice.

The plaintiffs were at all times material herein employees of the defendant. On November 3, 1952, they made a written request of their employer that they be permitted to absent themselves from work on November 4, 1952, the date of a general election in Iowa, for a period of two hours each for the purpose of voting in said election. The defendant refused to designate any two hour period or periods within the plaintiffs' working hours, but designated...

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