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Curt Muller, a laundry owner, was charged in 1905 with permitting a supervisor to require Mrs. E. Gotcher to work more than 10 hours and was fined $10. Before the U.S. Supreme Court, Muller’s attorney, William D. Fenton, contended that the statute violated Mrs. Gotcher’s Fourteenth Amendment right to due process by preventing her from freely contracting with her employer.
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Muller v. Oregon, 208 U.S. 412 (1908), was a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court. [1] Women were permitted by state mandate fewer working hours than those allotted to men. The posed question was whether women's liberty to negotiate a contract with an employer should be equal to a man's.
May 22, 2017 · Muller v. Oregon Case Brief. Statement of the facts: Oregon’s legislature passed a law which limited the working hours of female employees. Under the law passed in 1903, a woman could not work more than ten hours a day. Mr. Curt Muller was convicted of violating the statute when he required a woman to work over the limit at his laundry ...
Muller v. Oregon, 208 U.S. 412 (1908) Overview. Opinions. Argued:January 15, 1908. Decided:February 24, 1908. Annotation. Primary Holding. Since the state has a compelling interest in protecting the health of women, the Fourteenth Amendment does not prevent it from restricting their working hours.
Curt Muller and Mrs. E. Gotcher. The Oregon legislature passed a law in 1903 that limited the length of time a woman in the laundry industry and factories could work to 10 hours per day. Curt Muller owned the Grand Laundry in Portland. He required an employee, Mrs. E. Gotcher, to work for more than 10 hours on 4 September 1905.
Curt Muller, a laundry owner, violated the law in 1905 and was fined $10. Muller contested the law, claiming it interfered with contract rights, discriminated against women, and was not related to public health or welfare. The Supreme Court of Oregon upheld the conviction, and the case went to the Supreme Court of the United States.
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On February 19, 1903, the legislature of the state of Oregon passed an act (Session Laws 1903, p. 148) the first section of which is in these words: [208 U.S. 412, 417] Sec. 3 made a violation of the provisions of the prior sections a misdemeanor subject to a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $25. On September 18, 1905, an information was ...
