Williamson v. Lee Optical Co.

Williamson v. Lee Optical Co.
Argued March 2, 1955
Decided March 28, 1955
Full case nameMac Q. Williamson, Attorney General of Oklahoma, et al. v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Incorporated, et al.
Citations348 U.S. 483 (more)
75 S. Ct. 461; 99 L. Ed. 563; 1955 U.S. LEXIS 1003
Case history
PriorAppeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
Holding
State laws regulating business are subject to only rational basis review, and the Court need not contemplate all possible reasons for legislation.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Earl Warren
Associate Justices
Hugo Black · Stanley F. Reed
Felix Frankfurter · William O. Douglas
Harold H. Burton · Tom C. Clark
Sherman Minton · John M. Harlan II
Case opinion
MajorityDouglas, joined by Warren, Black, Reed, Frankfurter, Burton, Clark, Minton
Harlan took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. XIV

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 are subject to only rational basis review and that the Court need not contemplate all possible reasons for legislation.