US Supreme Court rejects Gilbert spa owner’s fish pedicure case
The nation’s high court refused Monday to give a Gilbert spa owner a chance to challenge state regulations.
Appeals court upholds ban on fish pedicures
The Arizona Court of Appeals today upheld a lower-court decision banning flesh-eating fish in pedicures, finding that using them could be unsanitary.
Judge says it’s OK to ban flesh-eating fish
A Maricopa County Superior Court judge ruled Monday the state can ban foot-flesh eating fish from pedicures because they can’t be disinfected. Judge George Foster rejected the arguments from Clint Bolick of the Goldwater Institute that fish pedicures are different from traditional pedicure practices and they should be regulated differently.