DOUGLAS v. NOBLE

No. 159.

261 U.S. 165 (1923)

DOUGLAS, PROSECUTING ATTORNEY FOR KING COUNTY, ET AL. v. NOBLE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 19, 1923.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Malcolm Douglas, with whom Mr. L.L. Thompson, Attorney General of the State of Washington, and Mr. Bert C. Ross were on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. Cassius E. Gates, for appellee, submitted. Mr. Browder Brown and Mr. J.W.A. Nichols were also on the brief.


MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the Court.

In 1893 the legislature of Washington provided that only licensed persons should practice dentistry. It vested the authority to license in a board of examiners, consisting of five practicing dentists; and it required that persons desiring to practice should apply to that board and undergo examination before it. Every person of good moral character with a diploma from...

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