The owner of an Upstate barber shop has filed a lawsuit seeking to have Gov. Henry McMaster's shutdown order declared unconstitutional by the courts.
The lawsuit was filed Tuesday on behalf of Robert “Tony” McCurry, the 62-year-old owner of McCurry’s Barber Shop on Whitehall Road in Anderson.
McCurry said his four-chair family-owned business was opened in 1957, and its unusual five-gabled building has been something of a landmark in Anderson for years. He said he has been cutting hair in Anderson since 1982.
Barber shops were one of many businesses that were forced to close April 1 due to anexecutive order by McMaster.
They, along with other close-contact businesses, will be allowed to reopen on Monday, May 18, McMaster announced Monday.