Gregersen v. Blume

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 regulated, the Idaho Bureau of Occupational Licenses and the Board of Barber Examiners sought and received from the district court…