Mountain Timber Co. v. Washington

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Mountain Timber Co. v. Washington is a 1917 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld a state workers’ compensation law against due process and takings clause challenges, reinforcing broad state authority to regulate employer liability for workplace injuries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Takings Clause case ⓘ
United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
constitutional law case ⓘ
due process case ⓘ
labor law case ⓘ
workers’ compensation case ⓘ
areaOfLaw constitutional law ⓘ
labor and employment law ⓘ
state police power ⓘ
workers’ compensation ⓘ
citation 243 U.S. 219 ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause ⓘ
linked to: Due Process Clause

Takings Clause as applied to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
court Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate 1917-01-15 ⓘ
decisionType opinion of the Court ⓘ
defendant State of Washington ⓘ
fullCaseName Mountain Timber Company v. State of Washington ⓘ
holding Washington’s workers’ compensation law was constitutional ⓘ
state workers’ compensation scheme did not constitute an unconstitutional taking of property ⓘ
state workers’ compensation scheme did not violate due process ⓘ
impact supported the development of modern workers’ compensation systems in the United States ⓘ
jurisdiction United States ⓘ
legalIssue Takings Clause challenge ⓘ
constitutionality of state workers’ compensation statute ⓘ
due process challenge under the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
scope of state police power over employer liability ⓘ
page 219 ⓘ
partyType corporation as plaintiff ⓘ
state government as defendant ⓘ
plaintiff Mountain Timber Company ⓘ
precedentialStatus binding precedent in federal courts ⓘ
reinforcedDoctrine broad state authority to regulate employer liability for workplace injuries ⓘ
deference to state economic and social regulation under the police power ⓘ
relatedConcept employer liability for workplace injuries ⓘ
no-fault workers’ compensation system ⓘ
state police power over health and safety ⓘ
reporter United States Reports ⓘ
stateInvolved Washington ⓘ
subjectMatter allocation of costs of industrial accidents ⓘ
validity of compulsory workers’ compensation contributions ⓘ
UScitation 243 U.S. 219 ⓘ
volume 243 ⓘ
yearDecided 1917 ⓘ

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United States Supreme Court cases of the White Court → hasNotableCase → Mountain Timber Co. v. Washington ⓘ
Mountain Timber Co. v. Washington → fullCaseName → Mountain Timber Company v. State of Washington ⓘ
linked to: Mountain Timber Co. v. Washington