PETITIONER:
West Coast Hotel Company
RESPONDENT:
Ernest Parrish and Elsie Parrish, his wife
LOCATION:
The Cascadian Hotel
DOCKET NO.: 293
DECIDED BY: Hughes Court (1932-1937)
LOWER COURT:
ARGUED: Dec 16, 1936 / Dec 17, 1936
DECIDED: Mar 29, 1937
ADVOCATES:
E. L. Skeel - for the appellant
W. A. Toner - for the appellees
West Coast Hotel Company v. Parrish
Facts of the case
Elsie Parrish, an employee of the West Coast Hotel Company, received sub-minimum wage compensation for her work. Parrish brought a suit to recover the difference between the wages paid to her and the minimum wage fixed by state law.
Question
Did the minimum wage law violate the liberty of contract as construed under the Fifth Amendment as applied by the Fourteenth Amendment?
