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Waterman v. Kaufman

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Feb 21, 1963
12 N.Y.2d 998 (N.Y. 1963)

Summary

stating that a local law requiring a minimum wage higher than state law "neither prohibits what the [s]tate statute affirmatively permits nor permits what it prohibits" and that minimum wage acts are prohibitory, not permissive, such that a local law imposing higher standards is not inconsistent with state law

Summary of this case from New Mexicans for Free Enterprise v. City of Santa Fe

Opinion

Submitted January 7, 1963

Decided February 21, 1963


Motion to vacate the orders of the Court of Appeals dated May 19, 1960 and June 9, 1960, and for certain other relief, denied.


Summaries of

Waterman v. Kaufman

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Feb 21, 1963
12 N.Y.2d 998 (N.Y. 1963)

stating that a local law requiring a minimum wage higher than state law "neither prohibits what the [s]tate statute affirmatively permits nor permits what it prohibits" and that minimum wage acts are prohibitory, not permissive, such that a local law imposing higher standards is not inconsistent with state law

Summary of this case from New Mexicans for Free Enterprise v. City of Santa Fe
Case details for

Waterman v. Kaufman

Case Details

Full title:CORINNE C. WATERMAN, Appellant, v. HENRY KAUFMAN et al., Respondents…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Feb 21, 1963

Citations

12 N.Y.2d 998 (N.Y. 1963)
239 N.Y.S.2d 128
189 N.E.2d 623

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