Issue of the case

This case came before the Alabama Supreme Court when an unlicensed interior decorator challenged the states Interior Design Practice Act. When a trial court agreed with the decorator, the state appealed the decision, hoping that the higher court would reverse the decision. The decorator challenged the law on several platforms. (1) There were already laws on the books to protect the general public from the use of unsafe materials in home and commercial decoration. (2) It is not required that a homeowner or a business owner retain “any interior decorator or designer to decorate their homes or offices” (Nagorsky, 2007). The main contest to the law was based on a lack of threat to the public interest. The decorator who brought the suit believed that the law interfered with their basic right to earn a living.

Nagorsky, Edward. “Alabama Supreme Court Invalidated Interior Design Practice Act”. National Kitchen & Bath Association. October 22, 2007. June 4, 2009. http://nkba.org/press_releases_20071022.aspx