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Ferguson v. Skrupa, 372 U.S. 726 (1963)
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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.
Ferguson v. Skrupa, 372 U.S. 726 (1963)
Ferguson v. Skrupa No. 111 Argued March 20, 1963 Decided April 22, 1963 372 U.S. 726
APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS
Syllabus
1. A Kansas statute making it a misdemeanor for any person to engage "in the business of debt adjusting" except as an incident to "the lawful practice of law" does not violate the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, since States have power to legislate against what they consider to be injurious practices in their internal commercial and business affairs, so long as their laws do not conflict with some specific federal constitutional prohibition or some valid federal law. Pp. 726-732.
2. The statute’s exception of lawyers is not a denial of equal protection of the laws to nonlawyers. Pp. 732-733.
210 F.Supp. 299, reversed.
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U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Ferguson v. Skrupa, 372 U.S. 726 (1963) in 372 U.S. 726 Original Sources, accessed July 1, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=QD56LGZVW1SPHIF.
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U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Ferguson v. Skrupa, 372 U.S. 726 (1963), in 372 U.S. 726, Original Sources. 1 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=QD56LGZVW1SPHIF.
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U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Ferguson v. Skrupa, 372 U.S. 726 (1963). cited in 1963, 372 U.S. 726. Original Sources, retrieved 1 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=QD56LGZVW1SPHIF.
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