Adams v. Tanner

Adams v. Tanner, 244 U.S. 590 (1917), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a Washington state law that prohibited employment agencies was unconstitutional.

Adams v. Tanner
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued May 7, 1917
Decided June 11, 1917
Full case nameJoe Adams, et al., Appts.,
v.
W. V. Tanner, Attorney General of the State of Washington, and George H. Crandall, Prosecuting Attorney of Spokane County, State of Washington.
Citations244 U.S. 590 (more)
37 S. Ct. 662; 61 L. Ed. 1336
Holding
The Washington state law that prohibited employment agencies was unconstitutional, because a ban would breach the principle of due process of law in the deprivation of liberty and property.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Edward D. White
Associate Justices
Joseph McKenna · Oliver W. Holmes Jr.
William R. Day · Willis Van Devanter
Mahlon Pitney · James C. McReynolds
Louis Brandeis · John H. Clarke
Case opinions
MajorityMcReynolds, joined by White, Day, Van Devanter, Pitney
DissentBrandeis, joined by McKenna, Holmes, Clarke
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