William C. Hammer
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William C. Hammer was the North Carolina textile mill worker and father who challenged the federal child labor law in the 1918 U.S. Supreme Court case Hammer v. Dagenhart.
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
litigant
ⓘ
person ⓘ textile worker ⓘ |
| areaOfActivity |
constitutional law controversy
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labor law litigation ⓘ |
| caseDecidedBy | Supreme Court of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| caseDecisionDate | 1918 ⓘ |
| causeOfFame | being named party in Hammer v. Dagenhart ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer | textile mill in North Carolina ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | white American ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Roland Dagenhart
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
another minor son employed in the mill ⓘ |
| hasNameInCourtRecords | Dagenhart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRelative | minor sons employed in textile mill ⓘ |
| hasRole | plaintiff ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| legalAction | challenged the Keating–Owen Child Labor Act of 1916 ⓘ |
| legalClaim |
federal child labor law interfered with his right to his sons’ labor
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federal child labor law violated states’ rights ⓘ |
| legalContext | Keating–Owen Child Labor Act of 1916 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | challenging federal regulation of child labor under the Commerce Clause ⓘ |
| notableWork | Hammer v. Dagenhart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | textile mill worker ⓘ |
| opposed | federal child labor law ⓘ |
| opposedBy | U.S. government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participantIn | Hammer v. Dagenhart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Southern textile mill working class ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | Piedmont textile region of the American South NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | father and next friend of minor sons in litigation ⓘ |
| religion | Protestant Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| representedBy | attorneys challenging the Keating–Owen Act ⓘ |
| residence | Charlotte, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| workLocation | North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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