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ELLIS v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 567, 664, 665, 666, 667, 668, 669.

206 U.S. 246 (1907)

27 S.Ct. 600

51 L.Ed. 1047

ELLIS v. UNITED STATES. EASTERN DREDGING COMPANY v. UNITED STATES. SAME v. SAME. SAME v. SAME. BAY STATE DREDGING COMPANY v. UNITED STATES. SAME v. SAME. SAME v. SAME.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 13, 1907.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. D.T. Watson, for plaintiff in error Ellis, submitted.

Mr. Edward E. Blodgett, with whom Mr. G. Philip Wardner was on the brief, for the Eastern Dredging Company.

Mr. W. Orison Underwood, with whom Mr. Henry F. Knight was on the brief, for Bay State Dredging Company.

The Solicitor General, the Attorney General and Mr. Otis J. Carlton, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

These are an indictment and informations under the Act of August 1, 1892, c. 352, 27 Stat. 340, "Relating to the Limitation of the Hours of Daily Service of Laborers and Mechanics Employed upon the Public Works of the United States and of the District of Columbia." They all bring up the question of the constitutionality of the act, and they severally present some subordinate...

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