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It clarifies the boundary between federal and state labor authority."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 23, lines 26-26","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/18-389_0pm1.pdf","page_label":"file page 23, lines 26-26"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 34, lines 27-8","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/18-389_0pm1.pdf","page_label":"file page 34, lines 27-8"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 17-10","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/18-389_0pm1.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 17-10"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 66, lines 25-30","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/18-389_0pm1.pdf","page_label":"file page 66, lines 25-30"}]},{"heading":"What happens next","paragraphs":["This article currently covers the argument record. Use the official docket link for later case activity."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 11, lines 7-20","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/18-389_0pm1.pdf","page_label":"file page 11, lines 7-20"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 12, lines 13-15","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/18-389_0pm1.pdf","page_label":"file page 12, lines 13-15"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 12, lines 20-25","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/18-389_0pm1.pdf","page_label":"file page 12, lines 20-25"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 12, lines 27-31","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/18-389_0pm1.pdf","page_label":"file page 12, lines 27-31"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 14, lines 20-21","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/18-389_0pm1.pdf","page_label":"file page 14, lines 20-21"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 14, lines 23-25","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/18-389_0pm1.pdf","page_label":"file page 14, lines 23-25"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 15, lines 26-27","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/18-389_0pm1.pdf","page_label":"file page 15, lines 26-27"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 16, lines 21-22","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/18-389_0pm1.pdf","page_label":"file page 16, lines 21-22"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 16, lines 25-31","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/18-389_0pm1.pdf","page_label":"file page 16, lines 25-31"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 8-16","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/18-389_0pm1.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 8-16"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 5, lines 13-25","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/18-389_0pm1.pdf","page_label":"file page 5, lines 13-25"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 6, lines 12-20","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/18-389_0pm1.pdf","page_label":"file page 6, lines 12-20"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 68, lines 31-32","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/18-389_0pm1.pdf","page_label":"file page 68, lines 31-32"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 9, lines 22-6","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/18-389_0pm1.pdf","page_label":"file page 9, lines 22-6"}]}],"slug":"2018-18-389-parker-drilling-management-service-ltd-v-newton","term":"2018","title":"Does California Wage Law Apply on the Outer Continental Shelf?","title_sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 23, lines 26-26","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/18-389_0pm1.pdf","page_label":"file page 23, lines 26-26"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 34, lines 27-8","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/18-389_0pm1.pdf","page_label":"file page 34, lines 27-8"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 17-10","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/18-389_0pm1.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 17-10"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 66, lines 25-30","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2018/18-389_0pm1.pdf","page_label":"file page 66, lines 25-30"}],"topics":[],"undated_disposition_date_fallback":null,"updated_at":"2026-09-05T03:22:24Z"}