Wes Ward Enterprises, Ltd. v. Andrews

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• classification in massage ordinance excluding other occupations that may involve massage and that are already licensed and regulated by the state has a reasonable basis and does not arbitrarily discriminate
• to be proper exercise of police power, ordinance to regulate massage parlors must “tend[ ], in some degree, toward prevention of offenses or the preservation of the public health, morals, safety or welfare”
• specific rejection of “compelling state interest” standard

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