Joseph Lochner
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Joseph Lochner was a New York bakery owner whose challenge to state labor regulations led to the landmark 1905 U.S. Supreme Court case Lochner v. New York, which became emblematic of the Court’s early 20th-century “Lochner era” of substantive due process jurisprudence.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Joseph Lochner canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2660086 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph Lochner Context triple: [Lochner v. New York, namedAfter, Joseph Lochner]
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Thomas Durant
Thomas Durant is a central character in the television series "Hell on Wheels," depicted as a ruthless and ambitious railroad tycoon driving the construction of the transcontinental railroad.
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B.
Samuel Insull
Samuel Insull was a British-born American business magnate and utilities executive who built a vast Midwestern electric power empire and helped shape the modern electrical infrastructure and public utility regulation in the United States.
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C.
Charles T. Yerkes
Charles T. Yerkes was a wealthy American financier and streetcar magnate of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, best known for funding major astronomical and urban transit projects.
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D.
Frederick H. Billings
Frederick H. Billings was a 19th-century American lawyer, financier, and president of the Northern Pacific Railway, known for his role in railroad expansion and conservation efforts in the American West.
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E.
Abraham Overholt
Abraham Overholt was a 19th-century American distiller and businessman best known for founding the Old Overholt rye whiskey brand and developing the industrial village at West Overton, Pennsylvania.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph Lochner Target entity description: Joseph Lochner was a New York bakery owner whose challenge to state labor regulations led to the landmark 1905 U.S. Supreme Court case Lochner v. New York, which became emblematic of the Court’s early 20th-century “Lochner era” of substantive due process jurisprudence.
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A.
Thomas Durant
Thomas Durant is a central character in the television series "Hell on Wheels," depicted as a ruthless and ambitious railroad tycoon driving the construction of the transcontinental railroad.
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B.
Samuel Insull
Samuel Insull was a British-born American business magnate and utilities executive who built a vast Midwestern electric power empire and helped shape the modern electrical infrastructure and public utility regulation in the United States.
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C.
Charles T. Yerkes
Charles T. Yerkes was a wealthy American financier and streetcar magnate of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, best known for funding major astronomical and urban transit projects.
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D.
Frederick H. Billings
Frederick H. Billings was a 19th-century American lawyer, financier, and president of the Northern Pacific Railway, known for his role in railroad expansion and conservation efforts in the American West.
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E.
Abraham Overholt
Abraham Overholt was a 19th-century American distiller and businessman best known for founding the Old Overholt rye whiskey brand and developing the industrial village at West Overton, Pennsylvania.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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period in United States constitutional jurisprudence ⓘ person ⓘ |
| associatedWithEra |
Lochner era
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linked to:
Lochner v. New York
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| caseDecidedBy | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| caseDecisionYear | 1905 ⓘ |
| constitutionalDoctrineAssociated | substantive due process ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvision |
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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linked to:
Fourteenth Amendment
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| constitutionalProvisionInvoked |
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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linked to:
Fourteenth Amendment
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| countryOfResidence |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| employer | Lochner’s bakery ⓘ |
| gaveNameTo |
Lochner era
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linked to:
Lochner v. New York
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| historicalSignificance | central figure in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court labor law case ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| jurisdictionOfCase | New York ⓘ |
| knownFor | opposing limits on bakers’ working hours ⓘ |
| legalCase | Lochner v. New York ⓘ |
| legalDoctrine | substantive due process ⓘ |
| legalIssueInvolved |
freedom of contract under the Fourteenth Amendment
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maximum-hours law for bakery employees ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Joseph Lochner
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Lochner v. New York ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the petitioner in Lochner v. New York
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challenging New York state labor regulations on bakers ⓘ |
| occupation | bakery owner ⓘ |
| petitioner | Joseph Lochner ⓘ |
| roleInLegalCase | petitioner in Lochner v. New York ⓘ |
| stateLawChallenged | New York Bakeshop Act ⓘ |
| stateOfResidence | New York ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Joseph Lochner Description of subject: Joseph Lochner was a New York bakery owner whose challenge to state labor regulations led to the landmark 1905 U.S. Supreme Court case Lochner v. New York, which became emblematic of the Court’s early 20th-century “Lochner era” of substantive due process jurisprudence.
Referenced by (4)
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