GREGERSEN v. BLUME

No. 16506.

743 P.2d 88 (1987)

Marvin D. GREGERSEN, Chief, Bureau of Occupational Licenses, Department of Self-Governing Agencies of the State of Idaho; Board of Barber Examiners, State of Idaho, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. Bill Oliver BLUME, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Idaho.

Rehearing Denied October 6, 1987.

Petition for Review Denied October 30, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Oliver Blume, defendant-appellant pro se.

Jim Jones, Atty. Gen., by Daniel G. Chadwick, Deputy Atty. Gen., Boise, for plaintiffs-respondents.


BURNETT, Judge.

This appeal presents a religious challenge to the secular authority of the state to regulate a commercial activity. Bill Blume, the proprietor of a business known as "Ye Olde Contract Barber" or "Bill's Barbershop," contends that the State of Idaho is infringing impermissibly upon his constitutionally protected religious beliefs by requiring him to obtain a license and a certificate of registration as a barber. Confronted with Blume's refusal to be...

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