Legal Opinion
Perkins v. Lukens Steel Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 29, 1940No. 593PublishedCited by 540 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Black
In exercise of its authority to determine conditions under which purchases of Government supplies shall be made, Congress passed the Public Contracts Act of June 30, 1936. By virtue of that Act, sellers must agree to pay employees engaged in producing goods so purchased “not less than the minimum wages as determined by the Secretary of Labor to be the prevailing minimum wages for persons employed on similar work or in the particular or similar industries or groups of industries currently-operating in the locality in which . . . the supplies . . . are to be manufactured or furnished under said…
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