Legal Opinion

Hooper v. State

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided April 6, 1960PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Peewitt

The defendant below, J. E. Hooper, was tried and convicted for practicing dentistry without a license and a fine of $150 imposed.

There is only one question made by the assignment of error and that is Section 63-537, T.C.A., violates Article I, section 8, Constitution of Tennessee, and the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

The evidence in this case shows beyond a doubt that the defendant was engaged in the practice of dentistry and that he was not licensed to practice this profession.

As to the legal question raised this Court has already held in Prosterman v.…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. FinniganMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1950
  2. Prosterman v. Tennessee State Board of Dental ExaminersTennessee Supreme Court · 1934
  3. O'Neil v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1905
  4. Shewmaker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1958

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. State v. BlockmanTennessee Supreme Court · 1981

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