Adkins v. Children's Hospital

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf court case
gptkbp:caseOutcome ruled unconstitutional
limited state power
led to further legal challenges
affected labor rights legislation
reflected tensions between labor and business
gptkbp:caseTypes constitutional law case
gptkbp:court 5-3 decision
limited government regulation of wages
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
March 4, 1923
gptkbp:historical_analysis discussed in legal journals
gptkbp:historicalContext post-World_War_I_America
gptkbp:historicalEvent part_of_the_Lochner_era
gptkbp:historicalImpact impacted women's labor rights advocacy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Adkins v. Children's Hospital
gptkbp:impact influenced future labor laws
gptkbp:judges dissent argued for state regulation
majority opinion emphasized individual rights
influenced judicial attitudes towards economic regulation
exercise of judicial review
reflects judicial conservatism
dissent_by_Justice_Holmes
majority_opinion_by_Justice_Sutherland
gptkbp:jurisdiction gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:legalEvent interpreted as a victory for business interests
gptkbp:legalStatus New Deal legislation
freedom of contract
important case in constitutional law
debate over state intervention
government cannot set wages
invalidated a law
minimum wage law
part of the legal framework for labor laws
set back minimum wage efforts
influenced_future_Supreme_Court_decisions
gptkbp:notableFeature analyzed in law schools
261 U.S. 525
highlighted gender discrimination in labor laws
used as a case study in constitutional law
often referenced in legal arguments
relevant to discussions on economic rights
significant in labor law history
gptkbp:outcome struck down the minimum wage law for women
gptkbp:politicalAffiliation Adkins_(plaintiff)
Children's_Hospital_(defendant)
gptkbp:precedent set a precedent for economic regulation
gptkbp:relatedPatent context of economic recovery efforts
overturned_by_West_Coast_Hotel_Co._v._Parrish
gptkbp:relatedTo women's rights