Muller v. Oregon

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United States Supreme Court case constitutional law case labor law case landmark decision

Muller v. Oregon is a landmark 1908 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld limits on women’s working hours, notable for its pioneering use of sociological and empirical data in legal argumentation.

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Muller v. Oregon, 208 U.S. 412 (1908)	1
Opinion in Muller v. Oregon	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Supreme Court case ⓘ constitutional law case ⓘ labor law case ⓘ landmark decision ⓘ
affectsArea	constitutional law doctrine ⓘ labor regulation ⓘ women’s rights ⓘ
affectsGroup	women workers ⓘ
briefPreparedBy	Josephine Clara Goldmark NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis D. Brandeis NERFINISHED ⓘ
briefSupportedBy	National Consumers League NERFINISHED ⓘ
decisionType	unanimous decision ⓘ
distinguishedFrom	Lochner v. New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
fullCaseName	Curt Muller v. State of Oregon NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBrief	Brandeis Brief NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCitation	208 U.S. 412 ⓘ
hasCourt	Supreme Court of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDecisionDate	1908-02-24 ⓘ
hasJurisdiction	United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLongTermImpact	development of sociological jurisprudence ⓘ justification of sex-based protective labor laws ⓘ precedent for later gender discrimination cases ⓘ
hasStateContext	Oregon NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasYear	1908 ⓘ
historicalContext	Progressive Era labor reform ⓘ
holding	Oregon law limiting women’s working hours is constitutional ⓘ state may restrict women’s working hours without violating the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
introducedInnovation	systematic use of social science data in Supreme Court advocacy ⓘ
involvesConcept	gender-based labor regulation ⓘ liberty of contract ⓘ police power ⓘ protective labor legislation ⓘ
involvesConstitutionalProvision	Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ
involvesParty	Curt Muller NERFINISHED ⓘ State of Oregon NERFINISHED ⓘ
isKnownFor	the Brandeis Brief NERFINISHED ⓘ upholding limits on women’s working hours ⓘ use of sociological and empirical data in legal argument ⓘ
laterCriticizedFor	entrenching gender inequality in labor law ⓘ paternalistic assumptions about women ⓘ
legalIssue	constitutionality of maximum working hours law for women ⓘ police power of the state to regulate labor conditions ⓘ scope of liberty of contract under the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
opinionAuthor	Justice David J. Brewer NERFINISHED ⓘ
reasoningIncludes	role of women as mothers ⓘ state interest in protecting women’s health ⓘ women’s physical differences from men ⓘ
relatedToCase	Lochner v. New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectMatter	maximum hours laws ⓘ women’s employment in industrial workplaces ⓘ
upheldStatute	Oregon law limiting women’s work in certain establishments to ten hours a day ⓘ

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