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Due Process, Supreme Court, Genesee County: Daniel S. V. Dowling
Due Process, Supreme Court, Genesee County: Daniel S. V. Dowling
Touro Law Review
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Due Process, Court Of Appeals: Daxor Corporation V. New York State Department Of Health
Due Process, Court Of Appeals: Daxor Corporation V. New York State Department Of Health
Touro Law Review
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Due Process, Supreme Court, Appellate Division Third Department: Loyal Tire And Auto Center V. New York State Thruway
Touro Law Review
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Due Process, Supreme Court New York County: Ramanadhan V. Wing
Due Process, Supreme Court New York County: Ramanadhan V. Wing
Touro Law Review
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Jam For Justice Holmes: Reassessing The Significance Of Mahon, William Michael Treanor
Jam For Justice Holmes: Reassessing The Significance Of Mahon, William Michael Treanor
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
When courts and commentators discuss Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon, they use the same word with remarkable regularity: famous. Mahon has achieved this fame in part because it was the occasion for conflict between judicial giants, and because the result seems ironic. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.--the great Lochner dissenter and a jurist generally considered a champion of judicial deference to legislatures in the sphere of economic decision-making--wrote the opinion striking down a Pennsylvania statute barring coal mining that could cause the surface to cave-in. Sharply dissenting from Holmes's opinion was his consistent ally on the Court, Justice Louis …
Understanding Mahon In Historical Context, William Michael Treanor
Understanding Mahon In Historical Context, William Michael Treanor
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
Despite its enormous influence on constitutional law, Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon is just such an opinion; the primary purpose of the author’s article Jam for Justice Holmes: Reassessing the Significance of Mahon is to clarify Holmes's intent by placing the opinion in historical context and in the context of Holmes's other opinions. While other scholars have also sought to place Mahon in context, his account differs in large part because of its recognition, as part of the background of Mahon, of a separate line of cases involving businesses affected with a public interest.
The author argues that at …