City of New Haven v. Whitney

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding a licensing scheme for photographers violated the Fruits of Their Labor Clause
• “[A] court is not concerned with what the law ought to be, but its function is to declare what the law is.”
• photography licensing regime held unconstitutional as the scheme does not merely regulate but unreasonably curtails one’s right to pursue their calling
• “[W]here a principle of law has become settled by a series of decisions, it is binding on the courts and should be followed in similar cases.” (emphasis added)
• \The term 'law of the land' is synonymous with 'due process of law.' \
• concerning legislation creating licensure requirements for photographers

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).