Legal Opinion
Williams v. Jacksonville Terminal Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 30, 1942No. Nos. 112, 1023PublishedCited by 145 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Reed
The question presented by both these cases is whether a railroad company operating a terminal subject to the Railway Labor Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 is required by those statutes, in the absence of a negotiated agreement respecting wages, to pay “redcaps” a fixed minimum hourly wage irrespective of the tips from passengers received by the redcaps, or whether an accounting and guarantee plan which leaves all tips with the redcaps and assures them that each will receive at least the minimum wage is valid.
The Fair Labor Standards Act is not intended to do away with tipping.…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- Virginian Railway Co. v. System Federation No. 40Supreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Cole v. . R. R.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1937
- Powers's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
- Claim of Sloat v. Rochester Taxicab Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1917
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3Cited by145 opinions
- Rutherford Food Corp. v. McCombSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
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- Hilton Hotels International, Inc. v. Junta de Salario MínimoSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1953
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad v. NothnagleSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Lightfoot v. Cendant Mortg. Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 2017
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