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S1E21 Inside Lochner v. New York: Work, Rights, and the Constitution [VIDEO]
The case of Lochner v. New York is widely considered a landmark in Supreme Court history, one which kicked off an era of aggressive adherence to business interest protections and wealth accumulation during the Gilded Age of the robberbaron. This case kicked off the so-called Lochner or Lochnerian Era, which lasted about 30 years until the political atmosphere of the Great Depression prompted the court to reverse its stance on labor protections in West Coast Hotel v. Parrish, a detour that SCOTUS has stuck with in all proceeding rulings to this day — but the truth of the modern labor law landscape is not as black and white.
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Lochner v. New York
West Coast Hotel v. Parrish
The Jungle
Bakeshop Act of 1895
Tenement buildings
Britannica
with many working over 100 hours a week
Labor activists stumped
Opponents of laws like the Bakehouse Act
almost $1,900
Lochner’s team
argued
Due process was, historically
substantive due process
Substantive due process
made only three brief points
SCOTUS sided with Lochner
recognized this freedom
Holden v. Hardy
a rallying cry for the Progressive movement
professor of law at the University of Chicago
describes this period
Adkins v. Children’s Hospital of D.C.
ruled in favor of the hospital
also argued
Muller v. Oregon
Columbia Undergraduate Law Review
West Coast Hotel Company v. Parrish
a plan to expand and pack the court
hotel maid in Washington
the court ruled
Oyez
economic due process, that business owners were protected by the Fourteenth Amendment
Equal Protection Rights under the Fourteenth Amendment
Hariharan in the Columbia Undergraduate Law Review
disregard the imbalance of bargaining power
laid out in the Economic Policy Institute
as detailed here by the Illinois Law Review
Epic Systems v. Lewis
Wal-Mart Stores Inc v. Dukes
Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc.
Vance v. Ball State University
Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31
GWP is a Hemmat Interactive, Inc. production.
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The case of Lochner v. New York is widely considered a landmark in Supreme Court history, one which kicked off an era of aggressive adherence to business interest protections and wealth accumulation during the Gilded Age of the robberbaron. This case kicked off the so-called Lochner or Lochnerian Era, which lasted about 30 years until the political atmosphere of the Great Depression prompted the court to reverse its stance on labor protections in West Coast Hotel v. Parrish, a detour that SCOTUS has stuck with in all proceeding rulings to this day — but the truth of the modern labor law landscape is not as black and white.
Support our work, find our links, and join our community!
Sources:
Lochner v. New York
West Coast Hotel v. Parrish
The Jungle
Bakeshop Act of 1895
Tenement buildings
Britannica
with many working over 100 hours a week
Labor activists stumped
Opponents of laws like the Bakehouse Act
almost $1,900
Lochner’s team
argued
Due process was, historically
substantive due process
Substantive due process
made only three brief points
SCOTUS sided with Lochner
recognized this freedom
Holden v. Hardy
a rallying cry for the Progressive movement
professor of law at the University of Chicago
describes this period
Adkins v. Children’s Hospital of D.C.
ruled in favor of the hospital
also argued
Muller v. Oregon
Columbia Undergraduate Law Review
West Coast Hotel Company v. Parrish
a plan to expand and pack the court
hotel maid in Washington
the court ruled
Oyez
economic due process, that business owners were protected by the Fourteenth Amendment
Equal Protection Rights under the Fourteenth Amendment
Hariharan in the Columbia Undergraduate Law Review
disregard the imbalance of bargaining power
laid out in the Economic Policy Institute
as detailed here by the Illinois Law Review
Epic Systems v. Lewis
Wal-Mart Stores Inc v. Dukes
Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc.
Vance v. Ball State University
Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31
GWP is a Hemmat Interactive, Inc. production.