Ferguson v. Skrupa
United States Supreme Court
372 U.S. 726 (1963)
Relevant factsFree
Skrupa (plaintiff), in the debt-adjusting business, challenged a Kansas law (defendant's state) that banned debt adjustment as a business except when incidental to the practice of law. The federal district court struck the law down as violating the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause, relying on older precedent striking down economic regulations the courts deemed unwise. Kansas sought Supreme Court review.
IssueFree
Whether a state law that prohibits or strictly regulates a particular economic activity violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.