Wednesday, January 12, 2005

Lochner vs. New York

In class just minutes ago, I couldn't remember the name of this case. This is it. The majority used the logic of classical liberalism (freedom of contract) to strike down a working hour limit for bakers in New York. Oliver Wendell Holmes famously dissented. The decision and his dissent (at the bottom of the page) can be read here. Mr. Sumner is a prominent classical liberal thinker of those times.

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