{"id":496,"date":"2011-08-11T16:17:53","date_gmt":"2011-08-11T20:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.miblaw.com\/lawschool\/?p=496"},"modified":"2011-08-11T18:11:58","modified_gmt":"2011-08-11T22:11:58","slug":"muller-v-oregon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.miblaw.com\/lawschool\/muller-v-oregon\/","title":{"rendered":"Muller v. Oregon, 208 U.S. 412 (1908)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><strong>Case Name: <\/strong>Muller v. Oregon<\/div>\n<div><strong>Citation: <\/strong>208 U.S. 412 (1908)<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><strong>Issue: <\/strong>Whether an Oregon act that limited the amount of hours a woman could work interfered with the right to contract under the 14th amendment.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><strong>Facts:<\/strong>\u00a0Oregon had an act that limited the hours a woman could work in a mechanical establishment, factory, or laundry. The defendant was convicted of violating this act in a laundry. Attorney Louis Brandeis wrote\u00a0a 113 page brief (known as the\u00a0<em>Brandeis brief<\/em>\u00a0)\u00a0that detailed how long hours are dangerous for women because of &#8220;(a) the physical organization of women, (b) her maternal functions, (c) the rearing and education of the children, and (d) the maintenance of the home.&#8221;<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><strong>Holding:\u00a0<\/strong>The act is not in conflict with the Federal\u00a0Constitution.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><strong>Reasoning:<\/strong>\u00a0Although the general right to contract is protected by the 14th amendment, &#8220;<strong>liberty is not absolute<\/strong>\u00a0and extending to all contracts&#8221; and a state may restrict an individual&#8217;s power of contract. Here, the court took into account woman&#8217;s physical structure and the performance of maternal functions. Legislation protecting women, who are in a class by themselves, may be sustained even when like legislation for men may not be sustained.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Case Name: Muller v. Oregon Citation: 208 U.S. 412 (1908) &nbsp; Issue: Whether an Oregon act that limited the amount of hours a woman could work interfered with the right to contract under the 14th amendment. &nbsp; Facts:\u00a0Oregon had an act that limited the hours a woman could work in a mechanical establishment, factory, or &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.miblaw.com\/lawschool\/muller-v-oregon\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Muller v. 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