In 1908 a case, Muller v. Oregon, came before the U.S. Supreme court. The issue at hand was whether or not Oregon’s limiting women’s work days to no more than 10 hours per day violated the 14th Amendment. The court found in favor of the state of Oregon in that the 10-hour work limitation was not a Constitutional violation. A similar issue had been brought before the court in 1905 in Lochner v. New York. In Lochner v. New York, however, the issue before the court, limiting the number of hours that a baker could work, was found to be a violation of the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment. It is felt that the difference between the two cases was the additional information supplied by American lawyer, Louis Brandeis. Brandeis wrote a
