1. Chicago Dock & Canal Co. v. Fraley, No. 286., SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, Argued May 2, 1913. , May 26, 1913, Decided
OVERVIEW: Although §§ 7, 9, Laws of 1907, p. 312 (Illinois) only regulated certain types of unenclosed openings in buildings under construction, legislative judgment that degree of danger involved in hoists used to raise or lower materials justified classification of statute requiring such hoists to be enclosed or fenced did not violate Fourteenth Amendment.
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