Case Brief : West Coast vs. Parish

This case specifically overturned the decision that was made in the Adkins vs. Children's hospital. The repetitive question based off of this case was whether or not fixing the minimum wages for women and minors was constitutional or not. Ms. Parish was a woman who worked every so often at the Washington State hotel as a chambermaid for around 22-25 cents per hour, when she was discharged from her position she asked for a certain sum of money, the amount her employers offered was way lower than what she had proposed and she would not settle for it creating a case that would have to follow up investigation . The issue that was being examined and was highly debated was whether or not the minimum wage law violates the liberty of contract as stated in the fifth amendment and applied by the fourteenth? The fourteenth amendment certainly did protect freedom of contract, but passing legislation to the contrary of the problem could have only been justified by allowing the constitution to do so.