...Constitution is sought, the question necessarily arises: Is this a fair, reasonable, and appropriate exercise of the police power of the state, or is it an unreasonable,...necessary for the support of himself and his family? . . . There is no reasonable ground for interfering with the liberty of person or the right of free...

...dissent from the Lochner case that struck down a New York maximum-working-hours regulation for bakers as "an unreasonable, unnecessary, and arbitrary interference...necessary for the support of himself and his family," Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes denounced the majority for interfering with the democratic process.15...

...bakers to no more than ten hours a day and sixty hours a week. The Court invalidated the statute as an: "unreasonable, unnecessary and arbitrary interference...appropriate or necessary for the support of himself and his family."33 Basing the decision on the abstract liberty of contract, the Court ignored the reality that...

...whether "this [is] a fair, reasonable and appropriate exercise of the police power of the State, or ... an unreasonable, unnecessary and arbitrary interference...individual to his personal liberty or to enter into . . . contracts."12 The substantive principles of classical thought meshed with the social vision of...

...in a hot, stuffy bakery. The issue, then, was, "Is this a fair, reasonable, and appropriate exercise of the police power of the state, or is it an unreasonable,...necessary for the support of himself and his family?" Justice Peckham's answer to this question for the Court was, "The employee may desire to earn the extra...

...legislation at issue is "a fair, reasonable, and appropriate exercise of the police powers of the states, or is it an unreasonable, unnecessary, and arbitrary...right of the individual to his personal liberty." If legislatures could impose limits on the freedom to contract in the case of such relatively normal...

...The question, Justice Rufus Peckham wrote, was, "Is this a fair, reasonable and appropriate exercise of the police power of the State, or is it an unreasonable,...necessary for the support of himself and his family?" The Court did not see how there was any real connection between working no more than ten hours and...

...Constitution is sought, the question necessarily arises: Is this a fair, reasonable, and appropriate exercise of the police power of the state, or is it an unreasonable,...necessary for the support of himself and his family 1 Lochner v. New York, supra. While the 14th Amendment may not limit the subjects upon which the police...

...week. The Court framed the issue in this way: Is this a fair, reasonable, and appropriate exercise of the police power of the State, or is it an unreasonable,...necessary for the support of himself and his family? This decision came less than 2 months after deciding Jacobson. The Court again recognized that it may...

...see that it has no real or substantial relation to public health, safety, or welfare, or that it is "an unreasonable, unnecessary, and arbitrary interference...necessary for the support of himself and his family." But, "if the end which the legislature seeks to acomplish be one to which its power extends, and if...