Brandeis Brief

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The Brandeis Brief is a pioneering legal document that introduced extensive social science and empirical data into constitutional law arguments, transforming how courts consider evidence beyond purely legal precedents.

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instanceOf United States Supreme Court filing ⓘ
landmark legal document ⓘ
legal brief ⓘ
alsoCalled Muller v. Oregon brief ⓘ
approachCharacterizedAs fact-based advocacy ⓘ
author Louis D. Brandeis ⓘ
citedAs model for public interest litigation briefs ⓘ
coAuthor Josephine Clara Goldmark ⓘ
commissionedBy National Consumers League ⓘ
concernedAmendment Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
contains economic studies ⓘ
empirical data ⓘ
expert opinions ⓘ
legislative reports ⓘ
medical reports ⓘ
social science data ⓘ
sociological studies ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
date 1908 ⓘ
field constitutional law ⓘ
labor law ⓘ
legal advocacy ⓘ
filedBeforeCourt Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
filedInCase Muller v. Oregon ⓘ
historicalContext Progressive Era in the United States ⓘ
linked to: Progressive Era
influenced briefs in Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ
constitutional law advocacy ⓘ
judicial use of social science evidence ⓘ
public interest litigation strategies ⓘ
innovation reliance on non-legal empirical data rather than primarily on legal precedent ⓘ
jurisdiction United States ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalIssue constitutionality of maximum working hours for women ⓘ
substantive due process under the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
legalSignificance helped legitimize empirical evidence in constitutional adjudication ⓘ
pioneered the modern use of social science in Supreme Court briefs ⓘ
methodologicalInnovation use of social science evidence in constitutional litigation ⓘ
namedAfter Louis D. Brandeis ⓘ
pagesCount over 100 pages ⓘ
partySupported State of Oregon ⓘ
linked to: Oregon
precedentFor use of expert testimony in appellate briefs ⓘ
relatedConcept progressive era legal reform ⓘ
sociological jurisprudence ⓘ
resultedIn upholding of Oregon’s maximum-hours law for women ⓘ
structure short legal argument followed by extensive factual material ⓘ
submittedBy counsel for the State of Oregon ⓘ
year 1908 ⓘ

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