Mugler v. Kansas
| Mugler v. Kansas | |
|---|---|
| Argued April 11, 1887 Reargued October 11, 1887 Decided December 5, 1887 | |
| Full case name | Peter Mugler v. Kansas; Kansas v. Ziebold & Hagelin |
| Citations | 123 U.S. 623 (more) 8 S. Ct. 273; 31 L. Ed. 205; 1887 U.S. LEXIS 2204 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Defendant, Mugler, convicted for manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors without a permit. Kansas Supreme Court affirmed conviction. |
| Holding | |
| The regulation and prohibition of alcohol are constitutional exercises of state police power. Conviction affirmed. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Harlan, joined by Waite, Miller, Bradley, Matthews, Gray, and Blatchford |
| Concur/dissent | Field |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const. amend. XIV | |
Mugler v. Kansas, 123 U.S. 623 (1887), was an important United States Supreme Court case in which the 7–1 opinion written by John Marshall Harlan with a lone partial dissent by Stephen Johnson Field. The decision laid the foundation for the Supreme Court's later acceptance and defense during the Lochner era of Justice Field's theory of economic substantive due process under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
The companion case was Kansas v. Ziebold & Hagelin.