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1961 United States Supreme Court case
Two Guys from Harrison-Allentown, Inc. v. McGinley
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued 8 December, 1960
Decided 29 May, 1961
Full case nameTwo Guys from Harrison-Allentown Incorporated, Appellant, versus Paul A. McGinley, District Attorney, County of Leigh, Pennsylvania, et al.
Citations366 U.S. 582 (more)
ArgumentOral argument
Holding
Blue laws are constitutional.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Earl Warren
Associate Justices
Hugo Black · Felix Frankfurter
William O. Douglas · Tom C. Clark
John M. Harlan II · William J. Brennan Jr.
Charles E. Whittaker · Potter Stewart
Case opinions
MajorityWarren
DissentDouglas

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.

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.

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.

References

  1. ^ Two Guys v. McGinley, 366 U.S. 582 (1961)
  2. "Two Guys from Harrison- Allentown, Inc. v. McGinley (1961)". The Free Speech Center. Retrieved 20 November 2024.

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