Two Guys from Harrison-Allentown, Inc. v. McGinley, 366 U.S. 582 (1961), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that blue laws, which prohibited most businesses from operating on Sundays, did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause nor the First Amendment's Establishment Clause. It is considered a companion case to Gallagher v. Crown Kosher Super Market of Massachusetts, Inc., McGowan v. Maryland, and Braunfeld v. Brown.[1][2]

Background

Two Guys was a discount department store which operated a location in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. Paul McGinley was the District Attorney of Lehigh County.[1]

Laws

The laws in question were a statute from 1939 and a supplementary statute from 1959. The 1939 statute prohibited "all worldly employment, business and sports" on Sundays, with some exceptions.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Two Guys v. McGinley, 366 U.S. 582 (1961)
  2. ^ "Two Guys from Harrison- Allentown, Inc. v. McGinley (1961)". The Free Speech Center. Archived from the original on 14 November 2024. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
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