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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instanceOf United States Supreme Court case
constitutional law case
labor law case
landmark decision
appliesConstitutionalProvision Due Process Clause
surface form: Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause
aroseInJurisdiction Washington State, United States
surface form: 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
Justice James C. McReynolds
surface form: 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 Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo
surface form: Benjamin N. Cardozo

Justice Harlan F. Stone
surface form: Harlan F. Stone

Justice Louis D. Brandeis
surface form: Louis Brandeis

Justice Owen J. Roberts
surface form: 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 Co. v. Parrish self-linksurface differs
surface form: West Coast Hotel Company
isAssociatedWithEvent "switch in time that saved nine"
isAssociatedWithPresident President Franklin D. Roosevelt
surface form: 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
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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 Co. v. Parrish self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: West Coast Hotel Company
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