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Adams v. Tanner, 244 U.S. 590 (1917)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Adams v. Tanner, 244 U.S. 590 (1917)
Adams v. Tanner No. 273 Argued May 7, 1917 Decided June 11, 1917 244 U.S. 590
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
Syllabus
The business of securing honest work for the unemployed in return for an agreed consideration is a useful and legitimate business which, though subject to regulation under the state police power, cannot be forbidden by an act of a state without violating the guaranty of liberty secured by the Fourteenth Amendment.
A law forbidding employment agents from receiving fees from the workers for whom they find places in effect destroys their occupation as agents for workers, and cannot be sustained upon the ground that the fees may be charged against employers.
Washington Initiative Measure Number 8 (popularly known as "The Employment Agency Law,") as construed by the supreme court of the state, is contrary to the Fourteenth Amendment.
Decree of the district court reversed.*
The case is stated in the opinion.
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U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Adams v. Tanner, 244 U.S. 590 (1917) in 244 U.S. 590 244 U.S. 591. Original Sources, accessed August 30, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=NW3TC35KU7DQZFG.
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U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Adams v. Tanner, 244 U.S. 590 (1917), in 244 U.S. 590, page 244 U.S. 591. Original Sources. 30 Aug. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=NW3TC35KU7DQZFG.
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U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Adams v. Tanner, 244 U.S. 590 (1917). cited in 1917, 244 U.S. 590, pp.244 U.S. 591. Original Sources, retrieved 30 August 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=NW3TC35KU7DQZFG.
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