Document: 412 U.S. 543 93 S.Ct. 2264 37 L.Ed.2d 137 Sam DEANv.The GADSDEN TIMES PUBLISHING CORPORATION. No. 72—1310. June 11, 1973. PER CURIAM. 1 Petitioner sued respondent, his employer, to recover compensation lost as a result of the employee's being required serve juror. An Alabama statute provides that an employee excused for jury duty 'shall be entitled usual received from such employment less fee or he serving' Ala. Code 1940, Tit. 30, § 7(1) (Supp.1971). It appears petitioner served on jury, pay and submitted bill $63 difference between regular wages pay. Respondent refused pay; trial court rendered judgment petitioner; but Court Civil Appeals held state Act unconstitutional. 49 Ala.App. 45, 268 So.2d 829. The Supreme denied certiorari review judgment. 289 743, 834. case is here petition writ which we grant. 2 deprives employer property in violation Due Process Clause Fourteenth Amendment, its main reliance Coppage v. Kansas, 236 1, 35 240, 59 L.Ed. 441. declared unconstitutional violative due process made it misdemeanor require agree not join remain member union during employment. That was when substantive heyday. We cited along with other decisions like tenor Day-Brite Lighting, Inc. Missouri, 342 421, 72 405, 96 469, where sustained deduct four hours absents himself job order vote. requirement placed this brief period voting stood constitutional muster. said: 3 'Most regulations business necessarily impose financial burdens enterprise no paid. Those are part costs our civilization. Extreme cases conjured up has relation legitimate end. can await decision they arise. present law infirmity. designed eliminate any penalty exercising right suffrage remove practical obstacle getting out public welfare broad inclusive concept. moral, social, economic physical well-being community one it; political well-being, another. police power adequate fix burden other. legislature time should cost nothing may debatable one. indeed conceded by opposition such. But if recent mean anything, leave issues respects business, economic, social affairs legislative decision. could strike down only returned philosophy Lochner,1 Coppage, Adkins2 cases.' Id., at 424—425, 408. 4 stands sturdy footing. 5 Reversed. Lochner New York, 198 25 539, 937. Adkins Children's Hospital, 261 525, 43 394, 67 785.

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