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Constitutional Law Keyed to Choper
West Coast Hotel v. Parrish
Citation:
300 U.S. 379 (1937)Facts
In 1913, Washington State enacted a law entitled “Minimum Wages for Women,” which authorized the fixing of minimum wages for women and minors. The law created an Industrial Welfare Commission (later replaced by the Industrial Welfare Committee) to establish wage standards deemed reasonable and sufficient for women’s decent maintenance. The law declared that inadequate wages had a “pernicious effect” on women’s health and morals. Elsie Parrish was employed as a chambermaid at the West Coast Hotel Company. She received wages lower than the $14.50 per week minimum established by the state for a 48-hour work week. Parrish and her husband sued the hotel to recover the difference between the wages she received and the minimum wage. The hotel challenged the constitutionality of the minimum wage law, arguing it violated the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment by restricting freedom of contract.
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