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Champion v. Ames 

Champion v. Ames Despite their opposition to many state measures regulating business, the justices, with a few significant exceptions, proved remarkably receptive to reading broad authority into the . . .

Lochner v. New York 

Lochner v. New York New York State passed a law limiting the number of hours a week bakery employees could work. The state reasoned that excessively long hours led to illness, which posed a danger to . . .

Muller v. Oregon 

Muller v. Oregon An Oregon law limited women working in factories and laundries to no more than ten hours a day. Curt Muller, convicted of violating the law, appealed. He believed that the Supreme Co . . .

Northern Securities Co. v. United States 

Northern Securities Co. v. United States The James J. Hill-J.P. Morgan group owned the Northern Pacific and Great Northern lines and had just bought the Burlington line to secure a terminal in Chicag . . .

Plessy v. Ferguson 

Plessy v. Ferguson Louisiana enacted a statute in 1890 that required railroads to provide “equal but separate accommodations for the white and colored races” and barred individuals from o . . .

Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. I 

Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. I Also known as the Income Tax Cases . . .

Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. II 

Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. II Also known as the Income Tax Cases . . .

United States v. E.C. Knight Co. 

United States v. E.C. Knight Co. The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, which remains the basis for nearly all federal antitrust prosecutions to this day, outlawed every “contract, combination in t . . .