Holden v. Hardy

Holden v. Hardy
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 21, 1898 Decided February 28, 1898
Full case name	Holden v. Hardy, Sheriff
Citations	169 U.S. 366 (more) 18 S. Ct. 383; 42 L. Ed. 780; 1898 U.S. LEXIS 1501
Case history
Prior	Writ of habeas corpus denied; Holden remanded to custody of Sheriff Hardy
Subsequent	None
Holding
Laws limiting working hours in mines and smelters are a legitimate and constitutional exercise of the state police power because of the inherent danger of such work.
Court membership
Chief Justice Melville Fuller Associate Justices John M. Harlan · Horace Gray David J. Brewer · Henry B. Brown George Shiras Jr. · Edward D. White Rufus W. Peckham · Joseph McKenna
Case opinions
Majority	Brown, joined by Fuller, Harlan, Gray, Shiras, White, McKenna
Dissent	Brewer, Peckham
Laws applied
Fourteenth Amendment; Utah state law

Holden v. Hardy, 169 U.S. 366 (1898), is a US labor law case in which the US Supreme Court held a limitation on working time for miners and smelters as constitutional.