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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 . . .