CONSTITUTIONAL LAW- STATE REGULATION OF HOURS OF LABOR - POLICE POWER AND DUE PROCESS

Authors

Michigan Law Review, University of Michigan Law School

Abstract

A South Carolina statute prohibited labor of employees in enumerated manufacturing and mercantile establishments for more than fifty-six hours per week or more than twelve hours in any one day. Plaintiffs were druggists who brought suit to restrain the commissioner of labor from enforcing the statute. A temporary restraining order was issued and the commissioner of labor appealed. Held, the statute was unconstitutional as in violation of the due process and equal protection clauses in both state and federal constitutions. Gasque, Inc. v. Nates, (S. C. 1939) 2 S. E. (2d) 36.

Recommended Citation

Michigan Law Review, CONSTITUTIONAL LAW- STATE REGULATION OF HOURS OF LABOR - POLICE POWER AND DUE PROCESS, 38 Mich. L. Rev. 240 (1939).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol38/iss2/14