Legal Opinion
Attorney General Opinion No.
Kansas Attorney General Reports
Decided April 7, 2004Published
1Opinion of the Court
Jane E. Nohr Assistant Attorney General Kansas Bureau of Investigation 1620 S.W. Tyler Topeka, Kansas 66612
Dear Ms. Nohr:
You inquire whether requiring United States citizenship for licensure as a private detective offends the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which prohibits a state from denying to any person "the equal protection of the laws."1
K.S.A. 2003 Supp. 75-7b04 provides, in part:
"Before an application for a [private detective] license may be granted, the applicant, or if the applicant is an organization, all of the officers, directors,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- In Re GriffithsSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Examining Bd. of Engineers, Architects and Surveyors v. Flores De OteroSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Bernal v. FainterSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Mudd v. Neosho Memorial Regional Medical CenterSupreme Court of Kansas · 2003
- LeClerc v. WebbDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 2003
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