Is Lochner v. New York still good law?
198 U.S. 45 (1905)
⚠ Has been questioned by later courts
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The Lochner era of substantive-due-process review of economic regulation was repudiated by West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish (1937); “Lochnerizing” is now a byword for judicial overreach, though the case was not overruled by a single decision.
Later authority
West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish, 300 U.S. 379 (1937)abrogated
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