Allgeyer v. Louisiana
1897 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Allgeyer v. Louisiana, 165 U.S. 578 (1897), was a landmark case of the Supreme Court of the United States in which a unanimous bench struck down a Louisiana statute for violating an individual's liberty of contract.[1] It was the first case in which the Supreme Court interpreted the word liberty in the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to mean economic liberty. The decision marked the beginning of the Lochner era[2] during which the Supreme Court struck many state regulations for infringing on an individual's right to contract. The Lochner era lasted 40 years and ended when West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish was decided in 1937.[3]
Allgeyer v. Louisiana | |
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Argued January 6, 1897 Decided March 1, 1897 | |
Full case name | E. Allgeyer & Co. v. Louisiana |
Citations | 165 U.S. 578 (more) 17 S. Ct. 427; 41 L. Ed. 832; 1897 U.S. LEXIS 1998 |
Case history | |
Prior | Trial court held for defendant, Allgeyer. Louisiana Supreme Court reversed. 48 La. Ann. 104. |
Holding | |
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Case opinion | |
Majority | Peckham, joined by unanimous |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. XIV |