WEST COAST HOTEL CO. v. PARRISH

No. 293.

300 U.S. 379 (1937)

WEST COAST HOTEL CO. v. PARRISH ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 29, 1937.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. E.L. Skeel, with whom Mr. John W. Roberts was on the brief, for appellant.

Messrs. C.B. Conner and Sam M. Driver filed a brief on behalf of appellees.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE HUGHES delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case presents the question of the constitutional validity of the minimum wage law of the State of Washington.

The Act, entitled "Minimum Wages for Women," authorizes the fixing of minimum wages for women and minors. Laws of 1913 (Washington) chap. 174; Remington's Rev. Stat. (1932), §§ 7623 et seq. It provides:

"SECTION 1. The...

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