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Lochner v. New York (1905)<\/h1>\nThe Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution states:\n
[N]or shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law . . .<\/div><\/blockquote>\nDoes this due process include liberty of contract, or the freedom of individuals and groups to form contracts without government restrictions?\n

The Case<\/h2>\nLochner v. New York held that \"liberty of contract\" was indeed included in the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.\n\nThe case involved a New York law that limited the number of hours that a baker could work each day to ten, and limited the number of hours that a baker could work each week to 60. By a 5\u20134 vote, the Supreme Court rejected the argument that the law was necessary to protect the health of bakers, deciding it was a labor law attempting to regulate the terms of employment, and calling it an \"unreasonable, unnecessary and arbitrary interference with the right and liberty of the individual to contract.\"\n

The Impact<\/h2>\nThe impact of the case was profound and issued in the \"Lochner Era.\"\n\nhttp:\/\/youtu.be\/Z8poi7HNXSQ\n\nIn the Lochner<\/i> era, the Supreme Court issued several controversial decisions invalidating federal and state statutes that sought to regulate working conditions during the Progressive Era and the Great Depression.\n\nThe Lochner<\/i> era ended with a case, West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish (1937). The case\u00a0upheld the constitutionality of minimum wage legislation enacted by the State of Washington, and began a period in which the Supreme Court took an expansive view of the government's power to regulate commercial activities.","rendered":"

Lochner v. New York (1905)<\/h1>\n

The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution states:<\/p>\n

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[N]or shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law . . .<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Does this due process include liberty of contract, or the freedom of individuals and groups to form contracts without government restrictions?<\/p>\n

The Case<\/h2>\n

Lochner v. New York held that “liberty of contract” was indeed included in the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.<\/p>\n

The case involved a New York law that limited the number of hours that a baker could work each day to ten, and limited the number of hours that a baker could work each week to 60. By a 5\u20134 vote, the Supreme Court rejected the argument that the law was necessary to protect the health of bakers, deciding it was a labor law attempting to regulate the terms of employment, and calling it an “unreasonable, unnecessary and arbitrary interference with the right and liberty of the individual to contract.”<\/p>\n

The Impact<\/h2>\n

The impact of the case was profound and issued in the “Lochner Era.”<\/p>\n

http:\/\/youtu.be\/Z8poi7HNXSQ<\/p>\n

In the Lochner<\/i> era, the Supreme Court issued several controversial decisions invalidating federal and state statutes that sought to regulate working conditions during the Progressive Era and the Great Depression.<\/p>\n

The Lochner<\/i> era ended with a case, West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish (1937). The case\u00a0upheld the constitutionality of minimum wage legislation enacted by the State of Washington, and began a period in which the Supreme Court took an expansive view of the government’s power to regulate commercial activities.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t

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