State ex rel. Clark v. Brown

One question is raised by this action, viz., the validity of Section 4710.02, Revised Code, which prohibits the business of debt pooling unless such business was duly licensed by a political subdivision of the state prior to January 1, 1958, the effective date of the statute.

Relators base their attack on this section on two grounds. It is contended, first, that it violates the due process clauses of the Constitutions of the United States and of the state of Ohio by depriving them of their right to engage in a legitimate business and, second, that it violates the equal protection clauses of…