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Offices OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
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John 0. Roe& Oomnds6donsr
iwoau of Labor Wathdiiop
Austin,rexaa A
Da* Nrr aeeiLt ,, : Opinion b'o.0-3300
8omo court
ootfullyadviocd that a three-judge
istrict Court $01' the L;CrtIICPD Dis-
as Ditioion, in tho cas3 OS Zlanleyv.
did hold the law invalid in the ro-
ou, in the Sollowin:: 1c.iqu~~3t
"It loom to us that cc;ctFon 4 is re:x?g-
aant to the CoilstitutSon Of both the stat0
alldtha lll&tiOA. UililJr
ito t3PZ3 Gil0 ChO
furni&os trons~Orta~i0~ to olovcn or 12zo
unmployod in&bbitirntsof Texas, that 2zc!y
may work Sn OWQ othsr stato, is not portit-,
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tcb to n11+0his oti contr;rat.Uo ifiroqtirc43
to e;zvo abond that ho vi11 f'umiLshto oath
OP smh laborrs,rcturn trans:xu%&.,ion. This
not otiy appliesto the onploymnt aeont,but
it likowim appkios to th3 omployerr Wo 7Bmv
of ao povor in oi$hor tho nationalor state
l~~islativobodies to oopi~?~l an inilividual
oitima to mnkcinay particularsort of a coa-..'.
tract. It ma hardly b0 dofon9aduimn tho
thaory that t;haunon~ployti oitlzcaIs 50 holy
leso cad so mui&nbo~o or below Oonstitution.al
guarantietithat +% and tho x&n uho assistsh3.m
,in 66CW”6& Work tAU3t 0Ater bItnfo an nL;i’aomOnt
08 pPo?ibd by law, othomlso tho unomplayod
mt rolnin unozplopd. Tho @xmral right to
IX&O a oontrocttn relationto one*s business
is a part of the liberty g-0tOoto;l by th3 Pour-
teoathdmcndmoat. 00th tho Fifth aml !J'our-
tooath&on&ntmts rcoo,g~Izo libortgand prapoz-ty
aa ooedatont huxmn rl&te ati the ‘state is lx%+
rd from uauarrsurtclfintori?orenoe with elthor.*