West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish

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West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish is a 1937 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld minimum wage laws and effectively ended the Lochner era by allowing greater government regulation of economic conditions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
constitutional law case ⓘ
labor law case ⓘ
landmark decision ⓘ
appliesConstitutionalProvision Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause ⓘ
linked to: Due Process Clause
aroseInJurisdiction State of Washington ⓘ
concernsIssue government regulation of economic conditions ⓘ
minimum wage for women ⓘ
state regulation of wages ⓘ
hasArgumentDate December 16, 1936 ⓘ
hasChiefJustice Charles Evans Hughes ⓘ
hasCitation 300 U.S. 379 ⓘ
hasCourt Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
hasDecisionDate March 29, 1937 ⓘ
hasDissentingJustice George Sutherland ⓘ
James C. McReynolds ⓘ
Pierce Butler ⓘ
Willis Van Devanter ⓘ
hasDocketNumber No. 873 ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance marked the end of the Lochner era ⓘ
signaled greater judicial deference to economic regulation ⓘ
hasJusticeInMajority Benjamin N. Cardozo ⓘ
Harlan F. Stone ⓘ
Louis Brandeis ⓘ
Owen J. Roberts ⓘ
hasMajorityOpinionBy Charles Evans Hughes ⓘ
hasNickname the case of the switch in time that saved nine ⓘ
hasReargumentDate January 30, 1937 ⓘ
hasVoteSplit 5–4 decision ⓘ
holds freedom of contract is not absolute ⓘ
state minimum wage laws for women are constitutional ⓘ
the state may restrict contract rights to protect the health and welfare of workers ⓘ
involvesParty Elsie Parrish ⓘ
West Coast Hotel Company ⓘ
isAssociatedWithEvent "switch in time that saved nine" ⓘ
isAssociatedWithPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
isContextFor New Deal economic regulation ⓘ
isPrecedentFor later minimum wage and labor standards cases ⓘ
upholding state economic regulation ⓘ
originatedFrom a dispute over unpaid wages to a hotel chambermaid ⓘ
overrulesCase Adkins v. Children’s Hospital ⓘ
relatesToDoctrine freedom of contract ⓘ
police power of the state ⓘ
substantive due process ⓘ
supportsPrinciple legitimacy of social and economic legislation ⓘ
protection of workers’ health and welfare ⓘ

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Lochner v. New York → relatedCase → West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish ⓘ
Adkins v. Children’s Hospital → overruledBy → West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish ⓘ
Adkins v. Children’s Hospital → relatedCase → West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish ⓘ
New Deal constitutional crisis → hasPart → West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish ⓘ
Owen Josephus Roberts → notableCase → West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish ⓘ
West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish → involvesParty → West Coast Hotel Company ⓘ
linked to: West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish
Nebbia v. New York → relatedCase → West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish ⓘ
United States Supreme Court cases → hasPart → West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish ⓘ
New Deal era Supreme Court jurisprudence → includesCase → West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish ⓘ
Hughes Court → knownForCase → West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish ⓘ
Elsie Parrish → employer → West Coast Hotel Company ⓘ
linked to: West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish
Elsie Parrish → partyTo → West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish ⓘ
Elsie Parrish → opposedBy → West Coast Hotel Company ⓘ
linked to: West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish
Morehead v. New York ex rel. Tipaldo → relatedCase → West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish ⓘ
Morehead v. New York ex rel. Tipaldo → laterOverruledBy → West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish ⓘ
Coppage v. Kansas → isRelatedCase → West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish ⓘ