Williamson v. Lee Optical Co.
| Williamson v. Lee Optical Co. | |
|---|---|
| Argued March 2, 1955 Decided March 28, 1955 | |
| Full case name | Mac Q. Williamson, Attorney General of Oklahoma, et al. v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Incorporated, et al. |
| Citations | 348 U.S. 483 (more) 75 S. Ct. 461; 99 L. Ed. 563; 1955 U.S. LEXIS 1003 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Appeal 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 | |
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| Case opinion | |
| Majority | Douglas, 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 | |
English Wikisource has original text related to this article:
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.