Joseph McKenna

“ Plaintiff in error puts some stress upon the absence of rules by the board, urging that the statute is in conflict with the Constitution of the United States, because it purports to authorize the revocation of a certificate 'without defining or determining in advance what grounds or facts or acts shall be sufficient cause for such revocation.' Such absence permits, it is asserted, arbitrary action. ”

“ We certainly cannot restrain the board upon the possibility of contrary action. Official bodies would be of no use as instruments of government, if they could be prevented from action by the supposition of wrongful action.
This court and other courts have decided that a license or certificate may be required of a physician surgeon, dentist, lawyer, or school-teacher Douglas v. ”

“ The motion to affirm must be granted.
So ordered.
Notes
↑ Hill v. Wallace, 259 U.S. 44, 42 Sup. Ct. 453, 66 L. Ed. 822; Booth v. Illinois, 184 U.S. 425, 428, 22 Sup. Ct. 425, 46 L. Ed. 623; Allgeyer v. Louisiana, 165 U.S. 578, 17 Sup. Ct. 427 41 L. Ed. 832; New York Life Ins. Co. v. Dodge, 246 U.S. 357, 38 Sup. Ct. 337, 62 L. Ed. 772, Ann. Cas. 1918E, 593; Adams v. Tanner, 244 U.S. 590, 37 Sup. Ct. 662, 61 L. Ed. 1336, L. R. A. 1917F, 1163, Ann. Cas. ”