Today in Supreme Court History: March 29, 1937

3/29/1937: West Coast Hotel v. Parrish decided.

Comments

[Dan Schiavetta]

Incorrect.

This is when the decision was published. It had been decided in conference in December 1936.

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Is that literally true, legally true, or just a distinction without a difference? For legal purposes, the publication date is what matter, correct?

[Dan Schiavetta]

In this instance, given the historical context, the distinction is important. Can anyone here point out why?

[Eddy]

switch in time that saved nine

[Dan Schiavetta]

The fact that this isn’t mentioned in the video betrays the shallowness of the entire series.

[Dr. Ed]

I found the video confusing. I re-read Locner and read O'Gorman for the first time and don't see either directly relating to the regulation of wages, definitely not to a minimum wage, which was the issue in Atkins.

Was it a "switch in time" or was it a case of Harlan Fisk Stone being sick and nobody wanting this to be a 4-4 tie (which would have had the same result, without the precedent)? Or how, exactly, did two price regulation cases justify overruling a minimum wage case?