Day-Brite Lighting, Inc. v. Missouri

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1952-03-03

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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 him *422 self from his employment for four hours between the opening and closing…

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