Arizona Employers' Liability Cases

Arizona Employers' Liability Cases
Supreme Court of the United States
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
Chief Justice Edward D. White Associate Justices Joseph McKenna · Oliver W. Holmes Jr. William R. Day · Willis Van Devanter Mahlon Pitney · James C. McReynolds Louis Brandeis · John H. Clarke
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

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]

See also

• New York Central Railroad Company v. White

References

1. Arizona Employers' Liability Cases, 250 U.S. 400 (1919).
2. Lieberman, Jethro K. (1999). "Workers' Compensation". A Practical Companion to the Constitution. p. 546.

External links

• Text of Arizona Employers' Liability Cases, 250 U.S. 400 (1919) is available from: Cornell Findlaw Justia