WILLIAMSON v. LEE OPTICAL CO.

No. 184.

348 U.S. 483 (1955)

WILLIAMSON, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF OKLAHOMA, ET AL. v. LEE OPTICAL OF OKLAHOMA, INC. ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 28, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Harkin, Assistant Attorney General of Oklahoma, argued the cause for appellants in No. 184 and appellees in No. 185. With him on the brief were Mac Q. Williamson, Attorney General, Fred Hansen, First Assistant Attorney General, and Leroy Powers. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General of California, and Eimo G. Funke, Assistant Attorney General, were of counsel on the brief.

Dick H. Woods argued the cause for appellees in No. 184 and appellants in No. 185. With him on the brief were Duke Duvall and John M. Phillips.

Philip B. Perlman argued the cause for the American Optometric Association, Inc., as amicus curiae, urging reversal in No. 184 and affirmance in No. 185. With him on the brief were Ellis Lyons and William P. MacCracken, Jr.

By special leave of Court, Herbert A. Bergson argued the cause and filed a brief for the Guild of Prescription Opticians of America, Inc. et al., as amici curiae, urging affirmance in No. 184.

Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal in No. 184 and affirmance in No. 185 were filed for the States of Arkansas, by Tom Gentry, Attorney General, James L. Sloan, Assistant Attorney General, and Carl Langston; California, by Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, E. G. Funke, Assistant Attorney General, and Dan Kaufmann, Deputy Attorney General; Kansas, by Harold R. Fatzer, Attorney General, and Paul E. Wilson, First Assistant Attorney General; and Mississippi, by J. P. Coleman, Attorney General, and Richard A. Billups, Jr., Special Assistant Attorney General.


MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS delivered the opinion of the Court.

This suit was instituted in the District Court to have an Oklahoma law (59 Okla. Stat. Ann. §§ 941-947, Okla. Laws 1953, c. 13, §§ 2-8) declared unconstitutional and to enjoin state officials from enforcing it (28 U. S. C. §§ 2201, 2202, 2281) for the reason that it allegedly violated various provisions of the Federal Constitution. The matter was heard by a District Court of three...

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