Morehead v. New York ex rel. Tipaldo

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U.S. Supreme Court case constitutional law case labor law case landmark Supreme Court decision

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) NERFINISHED ⓘ
areaOfLaw	constitutional law ⓘ economic regulation ⓘ labor and employment law ⓘ
citation	298 U.S. 587 ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInvoked	Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate	June 1, 1936 ⓘ
dissentingJustice	Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes NERFINISHED ⓘ Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo NERFINISHED ⓘ Justice Harlan F. Stone NERFINISHED ⓘ Justice Louis D. Brandeis NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	Lochner era NERFINISHED ⓘ
fullName	Morehead v. New York ex rel. Tipaldo NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalContext	New Deal era NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ Justice James Clark McReynolds NERFINISHED ⓘ Justice Pierce Butler NERFINISHED ⓘ Justice Willis Van Devanter NERFINISHED ⓘ
laterOverruledBy	West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish NERFINISHED ⓘ
lawStruckDown	New York minimum wage law for women NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalIssue	constitutionality of minimum wage regulation ⓘ freedom of contract ⓘ substantive due process under the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy	Justice Owen J. Roberts NERFINISHED ⓘ
precedentFollowed	Adkins v. Children’s Hospital NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedAmendment	Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedCase	Adkins v. Children’s Hospital NERFINISHED ⓘ Lochner v. New York NERFINISHED ⓘ West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedDoctrine	Lochner era substantive due process NERFINISHED ⓘ
stateLawInvolved	New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
topic	minimum wage ⓘ police power of the states ⓘ
vote	5–4 decision ⓘ
yearDecided	1936 ⓘ

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