Williamson v. Lee Optical (1955)

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:citation	gptkb:348_U.S._483 gptkb:Ferguson_v._Skrupa gptkb:United_States_v._Carolene_Products_Co.
gptkbp:date	1955
gptkbp:decision	March 28, 1955
gptkbp:fullName	gptkb:Williamson,_Attorney_General_of_Oklahoma,_et_al._v._Lee_Optical_of_Oklahoma_Inc.,_et_al.
gptkbp:heldBy	State economic regulations are subject to rational basis review under the Due Process Clause. The Oklahoma law regulating opticians did not violate the Constitution.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Williamson v. Lee Optical (1955)
gptkbp:involvedState	gptkb:Oklahoma
gptkbp:judge	gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:legalIssue	gptkb:Due_Process_Clause_of_the_Fourteenth_Amendment gptkb:Equal_Protection_Clause_of_the_Fourteenth_Amendment
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy	gptkb:William_O._Douglas
gptkbp:predecessor	rational basis review
gptkbp:relatedConcept	substantive due process judicial deference to legislatures
gptkbp:requires	March 1, 1955
gptkbp:subject	regulation of opticians
gptkbp:unanimousDecision	yes
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Rational_basis_review
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6