Dean v. Gadsden Times Publishing Corp. - 412 U.S. 543 (1973)

U.S. Supreme Court

Dean v. Gadsden Times Publishing Corp., 412 U.S. 543 (1973)

Dean v. Gadsden Times Publishing Corp.

No. 72-1310

Decided June 11, 1973

412 U.S. 543

Syllabus

An Alabama statute that provides that an employee excused for jury duty "shall be entitled to his usual compensation . . . less the fee or compensation he received for serving" as a juror, does not deprive the employer of property in violation of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Day-Brite Lighting, Inc. v. Missouri, 342 U. S. 421.

Certiorari granted; 49 Ala.App. 45, 268 So.2d 829, reversed.