Graebner v. Industrial Commission

Plaintiff contends that the effect of the provisions of the statute which authorize the commission to deny a license upon the ground that the existing agencies are sufficient to supply the needs of employers and employees is to place in its hands power to decide arbitrarily, and uncon*255trolled by any prescribed rules of action, who may and who may not engage in the employment business.

The business of conducting an employment agency is a legitimate one in which all persons similarly situated are lawfully entitled to engage, but it is one which is so far concerned with the welfare of the public…