Adams v. Tanner

Adams v. Tanner
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued May 7, 1917 Decided June 11, 1917
Full case name	Joe Adams, et al., Appts., v. W. V. Tanner, Attorney General of the State of Washington, and George H. Crandall, Prosecuting Attorney of Spokane County, State of Washington.
Citations	244 U.S. 590 (more) 37 S. Ct. 662; 61 L. Ed. 1336
Holding
The Washington state law that prohibited employment agencies was unconstitutional, because a ban would breach the principle of due process of law in the deprivation of liberty and property.
Court membership
Chief Justice Edward D. White Associate Justices Joseph McKenna · Oliver W. Holmes Jr. William R. Day · Willis Van Devanter Mahlon Pitney · James C. McReynolds Louis Brandeis · John H. Clarke
Case opinions
Majority	McReynolds, joined by White, Day, Van Devanter, Pitney
Dissent	Brandeis, joined by McKenna, Holmes, Clarke

Adams v. Tanner, 244 U.S. 590 (1917), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a Washington state law that prohibited employment agencies was unconstitutional.