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FERGUSON v. SKRUPA

No. 111.

372 U.S. 726 (1963)

FERGUSON, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF KANSAS, ET AL. v. SKRUPA, DOING BUSINESS AS CREDIT ADVISORS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 22, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Ferguson, Attorney General of Kansas, argued the cause and filed a brief for appellants. Keith Sanborn and John F. Eberhardt filed a brief for appellant Sanborn.

Lawrence Weigand argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief was Donald A. Bell.

Wilkie Bushby and Joseph Schreiber filed a brief for the National Better Business Bureau, Inc., as amicus curiae, urging reversal.

MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this case, properly here on appeal under 28 U. S. C. § 1253, we are asked to review the judgment of a three-judge District Court enjoining, as being in violation of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, a Kansas statute making it a misdemeanor for any person to engage "in the business of debt adjusting" except as an incident to "the lawful practice...

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