Morehead v. New York ex rel. Tipaldo

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Morehead v. New York ex rel. Tipaldo was a 1936 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down a New York minimum wage law for women, exemplifying the Court’s conservative resistance to economic regulation during the New Deal era.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf U.S. Supreme Court case ⓘ
constitutional law case ⓘ
labor law case ⓘ
landmark Supreme Court decision ⓘ
affectedGroup women workers in New York ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Morehead v. New York ex rel. Tipaldo, 298 U.S. 587 (1936) ⓘ
areaOfLaw constitutional law ⓘ
economic regulation ⓘ
labor and employment law ⓘ
citation 298 U.S. 587 ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInvoked Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
linked to: Due Process Clause
country United States ⓘ
court Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate June 1, 1936 ⓘ
dissentingJustice Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes ⓘ
Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo ⓘ
Justice Harlan F. Stone ⓘ
Justice Louis D. Brandeis ⓘ
era Lochner era ⓘ
linked to: Lochner v. New York
fullName Morehead v. New York ex rel. Tipaldo ⓘ
historicalContext New Deal era ⓘ
linked to: New Deal
historicalSignificance exemplified the Supreme Court’s conservative resistance to economic regulation during the New Deal ⓘ
one of the last major Lochner-era decisions striking down labor regulation ⓘ
holding New York’s minimum wage law for women violated the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
the state could not fix minimum wages for adult women without violating freedom of contract ⓘ
impact contributed to political pressure for changes in Supreme Court jurisprudence on economic regulation ⓘ
its reasoning was rejected the following year in West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish ⓘ
joinedByMajorityJustice Justice George Sutherland ⓘ
Justice James Clark McReynolds ⓘ
Justice Pierce Butler ⓘ
Justice Willis Van Devanter ⓘ
laterOverruledBy West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish ⓘ
lawStruckDown New York minimum wage law for women ⓘ
legalIssue constitutionality of minimum wage regulation ⓘ
freedom of contract ⓘ
substantive due process under the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy Justice Owen J. Roberts ⓘ
precedentFollowed Adkins v. Children’s Hospital ⓘ
relatedAmendment Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
relatedCase Adkins v. Children’s Hospital ⓘ
Lochner v. New York ⓘ
West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish ⓘ
relatedDoctrine Lochner era substantive due process ⓘ
linked to: Lochner v. New York
stateLawInvolved New York ⓘ
topic minimum wage ⓘ
police power of the states ⓘ
vote 5–4 decision ⓘ
yearDecided 1936 ⓘ

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New Deal era Supreme Court jurisprudence → includesCase → Morehead v. New York ex rel. Tipaldo ⓘ
Morehead v. New York ex rel. Tipaldo → fullName → Morehead v. New York ex rel. Tipaldo ⓘ
Morehead v. New York ex rel. Tipaldo → alsoKnownAs → Morehead v. New York ex rel. Tipaldo, 298 U.S. 587 (1936) ⓘ
linked to: Morehead v. New York ex rel. Tipaldo