As always, you can find the Dobbs v. Jackson decision here.

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Just one claim here, but three citations:

“West Coast Hotel signaled the demise of an entire line of important precedents that had protected an individual liberty right against state and federal health and welfare legislation. See Lochner v. New York, 198 U.S. 45 (1905) (holding invalid a law setting maximum working hours); Coppage v. Kansas, 236 U.S. 1 (1915) (holding invalid a law banning contracts forbidding employees to join a union); Jay Burns Baking Co. v. Bryan, 264 U. S. 504 (1924) (holding invalid laws fixing the weight of loaves of bread).

The claim:

• “West Coast Hotel signaled the demise of an entire line of important precedents that had protected an individual liberty right against state and federal health and welfare legislation.”

The citations:

• Lochner v. New York, 198 U.S. 45 (1905) (holding invalid a law setting maximum working hours)
• Coppage v. Kansas, 236 U.S. 1 (1915) (holding invalid a law banning contracts forbidding employees to join a union)
• Jay Burns Baking Co. v. Bryan, 264 U. S. 504 (1924) (holding invalid laws fixing the weight of loaves of bread).

I’m going to take this list of decisions as evidence for the claim. West Coast Hotel was in 1937, and this “line of important precedents” runs from 1905 to 1924, establishing it as a line of precedents. If someone wants to challenge the point, I’m all ears, but until then this claim is true:

• “West Coast Hotel signaled the demise of an entire line of important precedents that had protected an individual liberty right against state and federal health and welfare legislation.”