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Supreme Court of the United States
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February 28, 1898
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Holden v Hardy, Sheriff
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169 US 366
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Writ of habeas corpus denied Holden remanded to custody of Sheriff Hardy
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None
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Laws limiting working hours in mines and smelters are a legitimate, constitutional exercise of the state police power, given the inherent danger of such work
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Melville Weston Fuller
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Henry B Brown
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Brewer and Peckham
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US Const Amend XIV, Utah state law
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In '' the
Supreme Court Of The United States upholds a Utah state law limiting the number of work hours for miners and smelters as a legitimate exercise of the police power. The majority holds that such a law is legitimate, provided that there is indeed a rational basis, supported by facts, for the legislature to believe particular laws are dangerous. The court was quick to distinguish this from other cases of the era which imposed universal maximum hour rules, which it held unconstitutional under the
Due Process Clause of the
Fourteenth Amendment .
