Williamson v. Lee Optical Company

Williamson v. Lee Optical Company (1955)
the Supreme Court of the United States

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Williamson v. Lee Optical Co., 348 U.S. 483 (1955), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that state laws regulating business will only be subject to rational basis review, and that the Court need not contemplate all possible reasons for legislation. Warning: template has been deprecated.

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348 U.S. 483

Williamson v. Lee Optical Company

Argued: March 2, 1955. --- Decided: March 28, 1955

See 349 U.S. 925, 75 S.Ct. 657.

Mr.

James C. Harkin, Oklahoma City, Okl., for Williamson, et al.

Mr.Dick H. Woods, Kansas City, Mo., for Lee Optical, Inc., et al.

Mr. Philip B. Perlman, Washington, D.C., for American Optometric Ass'n, Inc., amicus curiae.

Mr. Herbert A. Bergson, Washington, D.C., for the Guild of Prescription Opticians of America, Inc., et al. amicus curiae.

Mr. Justice DOUGLAS delivered the opinion of the Court.

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