Arizona Employers' Liability Cases
(Redirected from Arizona Copper Company, Limited, v. Hammer)
Arizona Employers' Liability Cases, 250 U.S. 400 (1919), was a collection of United States Supreme Court companion cases in which the court held that workers' compensation laws do not violate the employer's rights under the Fourteenth Amendment.[1][2]
Arizona Employers' Liability Cases | |
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Decided June 9, 1919 | |
Full case name | Arizona Copper Company, Limited, v. Hammer; Arizona Copper Company, Limited, v. Bray; Ray Consolidated Copper Company v. Veazey; Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company v. Mendez; Superior & Pittsburg Copper Company v. Tomich, sometimes known as Thomas |
Citations | 250 U.S. 400 (more) |
Holding | |
Worker's compensation laws do not violate the employer's rights under the Fourteenth Amendment. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Pitney |
Concurrence | Holmes, joined by Brandeis, Clark |
Dissent | McKenna, joined by White, Van Devanter, McReynolds |
Dissent | McReynolds, joined by White, McKenna, Van Devanter |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. XIV |