Legal Opinion

Wright v. Wiles

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided June 11, 1938PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Chambliss

Complainants, who are engaged in the photographic and photo-finishing business, brought this bill attacking the constitutionality of Chapter 253 of the ¡Public Acts of Tennessee of 1937, which creates a Board of Photographic Examiners, with the power to examine and license photographers, and thus limit and regulate the conduct of this business.

The Act is assailed on various grounds alleged to be in conflict with different sections of the Constitution, it being insisted that it is arbitrary and unreasonable class legislation, discriminatory in its effect and placing unreasonable and…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. State v. AlgoodTennessee Supreme Court · 1888
  2. Campbell v. McIntyxeTennessee Supreme Court · 1932
  3. Brewer v. Mayor of HuntingdonTennessee Supreme Court · 1888
  4. State ex rel. Thompson v. DavisTennessee Supreme Court · 1922
  5. State Ex Rel. City of Alcoa v. HannumTennessee Supreme Court · 1928

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. State v. BallanceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1949
  2. State v. . BallanceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1949
  3. State v. CromwellNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1943
  4. Bramley v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1939
  5. Livesay v. Tennessee Board of Examiners in WatchmakingTennessee Supreme Court · 1959

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