Legal Opinion
Wirtz v. Basic Incorporated
District Court, D. Nevada
Decided July 22, 1966No. Civ. 1782PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
THOMPSON, District Judge.
The Manager of the Western Division of defendant, Basic Incorporated, when warned by the Chief Chemist of the imminence of passage in Congress of the Equal Pay Act of 1963, remarked, “The Congress would never pass such a foolish law as that.”
This “foolish” law 1 is now before the Court for interpretation, uninfluenced by the rightness or wrongness of the policy considerations which led to its enactment. The case for the plaintiff was presented by a feminine attorney of the Department of Labor, resisted by a masculine attorney of the Nevada Bar, and considered…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Arnold v. Ben Kanowsky, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Mitchell v. Kentucky Finance Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Albert S. Craig v. Far West Engineering Company, Inc., a Corporation, Far West Engineering Company, Inc., a Corporation v. Albert S. CraigCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1959
3Cited by26 opinions
- Corning Glass Works v. BrennanSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Shultz v. Wheaton Glass Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
- Danz v. JonesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1978
- James D. Hodgson, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor v. Corning Glass Works, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
- George P. Shultz, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor v. American Can Company — Dixie Products, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970
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