Lochner V New York

Lochner v. New York in the United States

Lochner v. New York 198 U.S. 45 (1905)

United States Constitution

According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled LOCHNER v. NEW YORK 198 U.S. 45 (1905) Lochner v. New York, a landmark decision of 1905, has been discredited by the evolution of constitutional law. Justice rufus w. peckham, writing for a 5_4 majority of the Supreme Court, invalidated a New York state statute forbidding employment in bakeries for
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Lochner v. New York, court case of 1905 in which the Supreme Court of the United States limited the power of the states to regulate working conditions. In 1902 Joseph Lochner, a bakery owner, was fined for violating a New York law that set maximum working hours for bakery workers. He appealed this conviction, arguing that the law violated his freedom to contract in violation of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which guarantees due process of law. The Supreme Court agreed and voted narrowly to overrule the New York law. Associate Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. dissented (disagreed with the majority opinion). Holmes criticized the court majority for basing its decision on a belief in laissez-faire (free of government intervention) economics.” (1)

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