Majority Burton Dates 24 Apr 1957 – 24 Jun 1957 | Dissent Black Location United States of America | |
Full case name Lloyd Morey, Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Illinois, Latham Castle, Attorney General of the State of Illinois, and Benjamin S. Adamowski, State's Attorney of Cook County, Illinois, Appellants v. George W. Doud, et al., Doing Business as Bondified Systems, et al. Citations 354 U.S. 457 (more)
77 S. Ct. 1354; 1 L. Ed. 2d 1485 Dissent Frankfurter, joined by Harlan Similar Skinner v Oklahoma, San Antonio Independ, United States v Carolene, Korematsu v United States, Strict scrutiny | ||
Morey v. Doud, 354 U.S. 457 (1957), was a case where Doud and two partners sold 'Bondified' brand money orders in Illinois, directly or through agents such as drug and grocery stores. A state law required any seller or issuer of money orders to secure a license and submit to state regulation, except that the statute, by name, explicitly exempted the American Express Company from these requirements.
Doud, his partners and one of his agents, fearing prosecution under the law, sued the state, arguing the law was unconstitutional. The Supreme Court agreed, finding the special exemption only for American Express violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
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