Muller v. Oregon

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United States Supreme Court case constitutional law case labor law case landmark decision

Muller v. Oregon is a landmark 1908 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld limits on women’s working hours, notable for its pioneering use of sociological and empirical data in legal argumentation.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Muller v. Oregon canonical	2
Muller v. Oregon, 208 U.S. 412 (1908)	1
Opinion in Muller v. Oregon	1

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NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Muller v. Oregon
Context triple: [Muller v. Oregon brief, relatedCase, Muller v. Oregon]

A. Muller v. Oregon brief
The Muller v. Oregon brief is a landmark 1908 legal document, authored by Louis D. Brandeis, that pioneered the use of extensive social science data to defend labor regulations, particularly limiting women’s working hours.
B. De Jonge v. Oregon
De Jonge v. Oregon is a 1937 U.S. Supreme Court case that held the right to peaceful assembly is a fundamental liberty protected by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and thus applies to the states.
C. Lochner v. New York
Lochner v. New York is a landmark 1905 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down a state labor regulation and became emblematic of the era in which the Court used substantive due process to protect economic liberty and limit government regulation of business.
D. Brandenburg v. Ohio
Brandenburg v. Ohio is a 1969 U.S. Supreme Court decision that significantly strengthened free speech protections by establishing the "imminent lawless action" test for when advocacy of violence can be punished under the First Amendment.
E. Olmstead v. United States
Olmstead v. United States was a 1928 U.S. Supreme Court case that held warrantless wiretapping did not violate the Fourth Amendment, a stance later curtailed by modern privacy jurisprudence.
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: Muller v. Oregon
Target entity description: Muller v. Oregon is a landmark 1908 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld limits on women’s working hours, notable for its pioneering use of sociological and empirical data in legal argumentation.

A. Muller v. Oregon brief
The Muller v. Oregon brief is a landmark 1908 legal document, authored by Louis D. Brandeis, that pioneered the use of extensive social science data to defend labor regulations, particularly limiting women’s working hours.
B. De Jonge v. Oregon
De Jonge v. Oregon is a 1937 U.S. Supreme Court case that held the right to peaceful assembly is a fundamental liberty protected by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and thus applies to the states.
C. Lochner v. New York
Lochner v. New York is a landmark 1905 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down a state labor regulation and became emblematic of the era in which the Court used substantive due process to protect economic liberty and limit government regulation of business.
D. Brandenburg v. Ohio
Brandenburg v. Ohio is a 1969 U.S. Supreme Court decision that significantly strengthened free speech protections by establishing the "imminent lawless action" test for when advocacy of violence can be punished under the First Amendment.
E. Olmstead v. United States
Olmstead v. United States was a 1928 U.S. Supreme Court case that held warrantless wiretapping did not violate the Fourth Amendment, a stance later curtailed by modern privacy jurisprudence.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Supreme Court case ⓘ constitutional law case ⓘ labor law case ⓘ landmark decision ⓘ
affectsArea	constitutional law doctrine ⓘ labor regulation ⓘ women’s rights ⓘ
affectsGroup	women workers ⓘ
briefPreparedBy	Josephine Clara Goldmark ⓘ Louis D. Brandeis ⓘ linked to: Justice Louis D. Brandeis
briefSupportedBy	National Consumers League ⓘ
decisionType	unanimous decision ⓘ
distinguishedFrom	Lochner v. New York ⓘ
fullCaseName	Curt Muller v. State of Oregon ⓘ
hasBrief	Brandeis Brief ⓘ
hasCitation	208 U.S. 412 ⓘ
hasCourt	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
hasDecisionDate	1908-02-24 ⓘ
hasJurisdiction	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
hasLongTermImpact	development of sociological jurisprudence ⓘ justification of sex-based protective labor laws ⓘ precedent for later gender discrimination cases ⓘ
hasStateContext	Oregon ⓘ
hasYear	1908 ⓘ
historicalContext	Progressive Era labor reform ⓘ
holding	Oregon law limiting women’s working hours is constitutional ⓘ state may restrict women’s working hours without violating the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
introducedInnovation	systematic use of social science data in Supreme Court advocacy ⓘ
involvesConcept	gender-based labor regulation ⓘ liberty of contract ⓘ police power ⓘ protective labor legislation ⓘ
involvesConstitutionalProvision	Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ linked to: Fourteenth Amendment
involvesParty	Curt Muller ⓘ State of Oregon ⓘ linked to: Oregon
isKnownFor	the Brandeis Brief ⓘ linked to: Brandeis Brief upholding limits on women’s working hours ⓘ use of sociological and empirical data in legal argument ⓘ
laterCriticizedFor	entrenching gender inequality in labor law ⓘ paternalistic assumptions about women ⓘ
legalIssue	constitutionality of maximum working hours law for women ⓘ police power of the state to regulate labor conditions ⓘ scope of liberty of contract under the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
opinionAuthor	Justice David J. Brewer ⓘ
reasoningIncludes	role of women as mothers ⓘ state interest in protecting women’s health ⓘ women’s physical differences from men ⓘ
relatedToCase	Lochner v. New York ⓘ
subjectMatter	maximum hours laws ⓘ women’s employment in industrial workplaces ⓘ
upheldStatute	Oregon law limiting women’s work in certain establishments to ten hours a day ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Muller v. Oregon brief → relatedCase → Muller v. Oregon ⓘ

Muller v. Oregon brief → citedIn → Muller v. Oregon, 208 U.S. 412 (1908) ⓘ

linked to: Muller v. Oregon

United States Supreme Court cases of the White Court → hasNotableCase → Muller v. Oregon ⓘ

David J. Brewer → notableWork → Opinion in Muller v. Oregon ⓘ