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PERKINS v. LUKENS STEEL CO.

No. 593.

310 U.S. 113 (1940)

PERKINS SECRETARY OF LABOR, ET AL. v. LUKENS STEEL CO. ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 29, 1940.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Solicitor General Biddle, with whom Assistant Attorney General Shea and Messrs. Telford Taylor, Paul A. Sweeney, Warner W. Gardner, Gerard D. Reilly, and David Ziskind were on the brief, for petitioners.

Mr. Wm. Clarke Mason, with whom Messrs. O. Max Gardner, Frederick H. Knight, Harold F. McGuire, and Roberts B. Thomas were on the brief, for respondents.

MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

In exercise of its authority to determine conditions under which purchases of Government supplies shall be made, Congress passed the Public Contracts Act of June 30, 1936.1 By virtue of that Act, sellers must agree to pay employees engaged in producing goods so purchased "not less than the minimum wages as determined by the Secretary of Labor...

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