Legal Opinion
Chambers v. District of Columbia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 12, 1952No. 1038PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
HOOD, Associate Judge.
Appellants were convicted- of eighteen separate violations of wage Order No-. 7 of the Minimum Wage and Industrial Safety Board. This appeal challenges the validity of that wage order.1
The minimum wage law 2 established the Minimum. Wage Board3 and authorized it “to investigate and ascertain the wages of women and minors in the different occupations in which they are employed,” and to ascertain and declare, in the manner thereafter provided, “Standards of minimum wages for women in any occupation * * *, and what wages are inadequate to supply the necessary cost of living…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Martin v. WolfsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1944
- Jawish v. MorletDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1952
- Chambers v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1952
- Tepel v. SimaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1942
- Chambers v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1951
3Cited by1 opinion
- District of Columbia v. ChambersCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1953