Weiner v. Fulton County
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Deen, Judge.
The right to follow a profession, which of course includes the right to be compensated for services rendered, is a property right. Muse v. Connell, 62 Ga. App. 296, 303 (8 SE2d 100); Weatherby v. Pittman, 24 Ga. App. 452 (101 SE 131). Specifically, the right to practice law has been held to be a property right within the meaning of the due process and equal protection provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Schware v. Board of Bar Examiners, 353 U.S. 232 (77 SC 752, 1 LE2d 796); Konigsberg v. State Bar of California, 353 U.S. 252 (77 SC…
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- Konigsberg v. State Bar of Cal.Supreme Court of the United States · 1957
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