Lochner v new york 198 us 45 1905 was a landmark decision of the us supreme court which held that limits to working time violated the fourteenth amendment the decision has been effectively overturned a new york state law limited bakery employees working hours to 10 hours per day and 60 hours per week a five judge majority held that the law violated the due process clause stating . Lochner v new york case in which on april 17 1905 the us supreme court struck down a new york state law setting 10 hours of labour a day as the legal maximum in the baking trade the opinion drew a stinging rebuke from justice oliver wendell holmes jr whose dissent became the prevailing. Lochner v new york held a state mandated regulation on the number of hours a bakery employee could work violated the constitutional right to contract under the liberty interest of the 14th amendments due process clause this case was later struck down in the late 1930s when the court ruled on a minimum wage standard student resources. New york 196 us 45 was a supreme court case that struck down a state law that violated the freedom of contract protected by due process clause of the fourteenth amendment in a 5 4 decision the court declared that the bakeshop act of 1895 violated the liberty of contract protected by the 14 th amendment due process clause. Us supreme court lochner v people of state of new york 198 us 45 1905 argued february 23 24 1905 decided april 17 1905 mr justice peckham after making the foregoing statement of the facts delivered the