apr 17, 1905 - Lochner v. New York

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Lochner v. New York, decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1905, was a landmark case in which the Court struck down a New York law setting maximum working hours for bakers, ruling that it violated the Fourteenth Amendment’s right to contract freely under the Due Process Clause. This decision became a cornerstone of the Lochner era, during which the Court frequently invalidated legislation aimed at regulating labor conditions, reflecting a period of American jurisprudence marked by strong protection of economic rights and limitation of governmental power.

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