they grew sick and unable to work then there would be another to take his or her place. However, when the law was passed, that stated that women who worked in factories, work no more than ten hours a day; the owners had to be more careful of how many hours they demanded of their female employees lest they create a lawsuit.Curt Muller, an owner of Great Laundry, on September 4, 1905, required one Mrs. E. Gotcher to work more than ten hours in one day. Joe Haselbock who was a superintendent at Great Laundry reported this offense. There was information filed on September 18 and with section 3 of the stature violated, he was to pay a fine of no less than ten dollars and no greater than twenty-five dollars. This was appealed until it reached the Supreme Court for Muller’s reasoning that the law passed by the state of Oregon was unconstitutional, therefore he should not have to pay the fine. Written in his brief, he states:“(1) Because the stature attempts to prevent persons, sui juris, from making their own contracts, and thus violates the provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment, as follows:No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.(2) Because the stature does bit apply equally to all persons similarly situated, and is class legislation.(3) The stature is not a valid exercise of the police power. The kinds of work proscribed are not unlawful, nor are they declared to be immoral or dangerous to the public health; nor can such a law be sustained on the ground that it is designed to protect women on account of their sex. There is no necessary or reasonable connection between the limitation prescribed but the act and the public health, safety or welfare.” (Touro)The od...
