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Supreme Court of the United States Argued February 23–24, 1905
Decided April 17, 1905 Full case name Joseph Lochner, Plaintiff in Error v. People of the State of New York Citations U.S. more
25 S. Ct. 539; 49 L. Ed. 937; 1905 U.S. LEXIS 1153 Prior history Defendant convicted, Oneida County Court, New York, 2-12-1902; affirmed, 76 N.Y.S. 396 ( N.Y. App. Div. 1902); affirmed, 69 N.E. N.Y. Subsequent history None Holding New York's regulation of the working hours of bakers was not a justifiable restriction of the right to contract freely under the 14th Amendment's guarantee of liberty. Court membership Chief Justice
Melville Fuller Associate Justices
John M. Harlan David J. Brewer
Henry B. Brown Edward D. White ... William R. Day Case opinions Majority Peckham, joined by Fuller, Brewer, Brown, McKenna Dissent Harlan, joined by White, Day Dissent Holmes Laws applied U.S. Const. amend. XIV | |
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