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Muller v. Oregon (1908), 208 U.S. 412. In Muller the United States Supreme Court unanimously upheld an Oregon statute limiting the hours that women could labor in factories and laundries to ten a day. In a brief, conclusory opinion, Justice David J. Brewer, normally a foe of laws that interfered with the liberty of employment contracts exalted by Lochner v. New York (1905), found the Oregon limits compatible with Lochner because "this liberty is not absolute." Brewer justified the limits because of "woman's physical structure" and the "maternal functions" she performs in society. "Healthy mothers are essential to vigorous offspring" and thus to the "strength and vigor of the race."

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2006-12-21 18:38:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

I don't know any American History. Sorry.

2006-12-21 19:01:50 · answer #2 · answered by hmw95 3 · 0 0

www.calstatela.edu/faculty/jshindl/teaching/SupCourt.htm
www.tourolaw.edu/Patch/Casey/Rehnquist.asp
www.tourolaw.edu/patch/Casey/Rehnquist.asp
www.animallaw.info/cases/causfd351fsupp2d1137.htm
people.brandeis.edu/~woll/pol115bcasenotes.html

2006-12-21 18:47:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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