Muller+v.+Oregon

//**Muller v. Oregon**//, [|208 U.S. 412] (1908), was a [|landmark] decision in [|United States Supreme Court] history, as it relates to both sex discrimination and labor laws. The case upheld Oregon state restrictions on the working hours of women as justified by the special state interest in protecting women's health. Curt Muller, the owner of a laundry, was convicted of violating [|Oregon] labor laws. He made a female employee work more than ten hours in a single day. Muller was fined $10. Muller appealed to the [|Oregon Supreme Court] and then to the U.S. Supreme Court, both of which upheld the constitutionality of the labor law and affirmed his conviction.

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