Fort Smith & Western Railroad v. Mills
Citations
- 253 U.S. 206
- 40 S. Ct. 526
- 64 L. Ed. 862
- 1920 U.S. LEXIS 1411
Syllabus
<p>The Act of September 3, 5, 1916, known as the Adamson Law, although by its general terms purporting to apply to all railroads and railroad employees subject to the Act to Regulate Commerce, was not intended to govern the exceptional case of an insolvent railroad operating at a loss under an agreement with its men, which they desired to keep, allowing them less wages than the act prescribed. Wilson v. New, 243 IT. S. 332, considered.</p> <p>Reversed.</p>
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- Adamson Act makes labor agreements as to wages controlling, even if the wages are less than that required by the Act's temporary wage provision
- Adamson Act makes labor agreements as to wages controlling, even if the wages are less than that required by the Act’s temporary wage provision
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Judges: Holmes, Day, Van Devanter, Pitney, New
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