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HUNTER & WALDEN CO. v. STATE LIC. BD. FOR CONT.

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272 S.C. 211 (1978)

251 S.E.2d 186

HUNTER & WALDEN COMPANY, INC., Respondent, v. SOUTH CAROLINA STATE LICENSING BOARD FOR CONTRACTORS, John W.R. Pope, J.E. Waldrup, R.B. Russell, Marshall E. Walker, H.M. Mims, as members of the Board, their successors in interest, and H. Brunson Ross, Executive Director of the Board, Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

November 28, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Daniel R. McLeod, and Asst. Attys. Gen. Richard P. Wilson and Charles H. Richardson, Columbia, for appellants.

Timothy G. Quinn, Columbia, for respondent.

November 28, 1978.

NESS, Justice:

The sole issue in this appeal is the validity of a regulation promulgated by the appellant, the South Carolina State Licensing Board for Contractors. Pursuant to Regulation 29-4, a contractor who is in compliance with Code Section 40-11-160 (1976) must show a net worth of $50,000 in order to be licensed. The trial court concluded that "the regulation bears no rational relationship to the job and is therefore arbitrary." (Tr...

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