Lochner v. New York
United States Supreme Court
198 U.S. 45 (1905)
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New York's 1896 Bakershop Act capped bakery employees' working hours at ten per day, and bakery owner Joseph Lochner (defendant) was fined twice for allowing an employee to work beyond that limit; his conviction was upheld through the New York appellate courts before the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari.
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Whether a state may regulate the working hours of certain classes of workers without violating the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.