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

ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT
OF CIVIL APPEALS OF ALABAMA

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.