West Coast Hotel V. Parrish Summary

West Coast Hotel is often seen as the end of the so-called Lochner era.

West coast hotel v. parrish summary. WEST COAST HOTEL CO. 581 55 P2d 1083. Together with her husband Parrish brought suit in Washington state court to recover the difference between the wages she was paid by West Coast Hotel Co.

The hotel offered her 17 but she refused to settle. Case Summary of West Coast Hotel Co. Parrish 1937 the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that Washington State could impose minimum wage regulations on private employers without violating the Constitutions.

Childrens Hospital 261 U. Elsie Parrish plaintiff was employed as a maid at a hotel owned by the West Coast Hotel Co. Wage and hour laws generally do not violate the Due Process Clause of the United States Constitution Constitution.

Elsie Parrish a chambermaid working at the Cascadian Hotel in Wenatchee Washington owned by the West Coast Hotel Company along with her husband sued the hotel for the difference between what she was paid and the 1450 per week of 48 hours established as a minimum wage by the Industrial Welfare Committee and Supervisor of Women. Deprivation of liberty to contract is forbidden by the Constitution if without due process of law. Elsie Parrish worked intermittently as a chambermaid in a Washington state hotel for a wage of 22-25cents an hour.

She brought the suit to recover the difference between the wage paid her and the statutory minimum as required by Washington State of 1450 per week. Eamon Proudfoot West Coast Hotel v. Parrish sued for recovery of the wages she should have earned.

But restraint or regulation of this liberty if reasonable in relation to its subject and if adopted for the protection of the community against evils menacing the health safety morals and welfare of the people is due process. Decided March 29 1937. The case is here on appeal.