New York Court of Appeals
The People of the State of New York Ex Rel. James J. Armstrong, Appellant v. the Warden of the City Prison of the…
December 5, 1905183 N.Y. 223
Summary
The Court affirmed the dismissal of the relator's habeas corpus petition, holding that the 1904 statute regulating employment agencies in first- and second‑class cities is a valid exercise of the state's police power and does not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.