Coppage v. Kansas
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Coppage v. Kansas is a 1915 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down a state law banning “yellow-dog” contracts, reflecting the Lochner-era emphasis on freedom of contract over labor protections.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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constitutional law case ⓘ labor law case ⓘ |
| appliesConstitutionalProvision |
Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
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Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| concernsSubject |
employer-employee relations
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labor unions ⓘ yellow-dog contracts ⓘ |
| hasCitation | 236 U.S. 1 ⓘ |
| hasCourt | Supreme Court of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDecisionDate | 1915-01-25 ⓘ |
| hasDecisionType | majority opinion ⓘ |
| hasDissentAuthor |
Justice Charles Evans Hughes
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Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDissentJoiner |
Justice John Marshall Harlan II
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Justice Louis Brandeis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDoctrinalTheme |
freedom of contract
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substantive due process ⓘ |
| hasEra | Lochner era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFullCaseName | Coppage v. State of Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance |
illustrates Supreme Court hostility to labor regulations during the Lochner era
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limited state power to protect workers from anti-union employment contracts ⓘ |
| hasHolding |
a Kansas statute prohibiting yellow-dog contracts violated the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
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employers and employees have a constitutional liberty of contract that the state may not unduly restrict ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction | United States federal law ⓘ |
| hasLaterTreatment | substantially undermined by later New Deal–era decisions expanding regulatory power over labor relations ⓘ |
| hasLegalIssue |
constitutionality of state ban on yellow-dog contracts
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scope of freedom of contract under the Due Process Clause ⓘ |
| hasMajorityAuthor | Justice Mahlon Pitney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMajorityJoiner |
Chief Justice Edward Douglass White
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Justice Horace Harmon Lurton NERFINISHED ⓘ Justice James Clark McReynolds NERFINISHED ⓘ Justice Joseph McKenna NERFINISHED ⓘ Justice Joseph Rucker Lamar NERFINISHED ⓘ Justice Willis Van Devanter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOutcome | Kansas statute banning yellow-dog contracts struck down ⓘ |
| hasPetitioner | T. B. Coppage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPrecedentialStatus | binding precedent (at time of decision) ⓘ |
| hasRespondent | State of Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStateInvolved | Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasYearDecided | 1915 ⓘ |
| isRelatedCase |
Adair v. United States
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Lochner v. New York NERFINISHED ⓘ NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. NERFINISHED ⓘ West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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