Legal Citation: 261 U.S. 525 (1923)

Appellants
Jesse C. Adkins, et al.; Minimum Wage Board of District of Columbia

Appellee
Children's Hospital of the District of Columbia

Appellants' Claim
That the U.S. Congress has the right to establish minimum wages for women and children.

Chief Lawyer for Appellants
Felix Frankfurter

Chief Lawyer for Appellee
Wade H. Ellis

Justices for the Court
Pierce Butler, Joseph McKenna, James Clark McReynolds, George Sutherland (writing for the Court), Willis Van Devanter

Justices Dissenting
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edward Terry Sanford, William Howard Taft (Louis D. Brandeis did not participate)

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
9 April 1923

Decision
Minimum wage laws for women are unconstitutional because they interfere...