Lochner v. New York

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1905-04-17

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Mr. Justice Peckham, after making the foregoing statement of the facts, delivered the opinion of the court. The indictment, it will be seen, charges that the plaintiff in error violated the one hundred and tenth section of article 8, chapter 415, of the Laws of 1897, known as the labor law of the State of New York, in that he wrongfully and unlawfully required and permitted an employé working for him to work more…

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