CHRYSLER CORPORATION v. STATE


163 A.2d 239 (1960)

CHRYSLER CORPORATION, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

July 19, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Januar D. Bove, Jr., Atty. Gen., for the State.

Richard F. Corroon and Joseph H. Geoghegan, of Berl, Potter & Anderson, Wilmington, for defendant.

Howard L. Williams, of Morris, James, Hitchens & Williams, Wilmington, for Diamond State Telephone Company, appearing as amicus curiae.

SOUTHERLAND, C. J., and WOLCOTT and BRAMHALL, JJ., sitting.


BRAMHALL, Justice.

The sole question raised by this appeal is whether the words "calendar week" and "week", as the same are used in the statute regulating the maximum hours of work of female employees, shall be interpreted as meaning a week beginning at 12:00 P.M. Saturday night and ending at 12:00 P.M. the following Saturday night, or any period of seven days.

The State filed seven Informations in the Superior Court...

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