The state wove itself into a tangle by requiring a Dallas hair-braiding teacher to meet regulations for a barber school. The braider sued and recently won a federal ruling that those regulations are unconstitutional as applied to her.

The decision clears the way for Isis Brantley to apply for a permit for her braiding school without the need for a 2,000-square-foot space, 10 barber chairs and five sinks. Those three requirements by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation are dubbed “the minimums” in the case, Brantley v. Kuntz Jr.

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