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Gallagher v. Crown Kosher Super Market of Massachusetts (docket #: 11) (1961)  [Findlaw]

Argument Date 12/07/1960
Decided 5/29/1961
Supreme Court Vote 4-2-3
Supreme Court Ruling Establishment and Free Exercise Clause claims denied
 
IssueWhether the Massachusetts Sunday Closing Laws violate equal protection, are statutes respecting the establishment of religion or prohibit the free exercise thereof.
Majority Opinion Warren, C.J.
Concurring Opinion Frankfurter, J. (joined by Harlan, J.)
Dissenting Opinion Douglas, J., & Brennan, J. (joined by Stewart, J.)
Lower Court U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Lower Court Ruling Establishment and Free Exercise Clause claims upheld
Lawyers
For Petitioner
Joseph H. Elcock, Jr., Assistant Attorney General of Massachusetts

For Respondent
Herbert B. Ehrmann

Briefs
For Amicus
American Jewish Committee et al.

Leo Pfeffer, Lewis H. Weinstein, Shad Polier and Samuel Lawrence Brennglass for the Synagogue Council of America et al.

Reuben Goodman and Rowland Watts for the American Civil Liberties Union et al.

William D. Donnelly for the General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists

News Stories & Commentary
Brumley, Cal, "Massachusetts Firms Peeved by Blue Law Extension to Holidays," The Wall Street Journal, Nov. 10, 1961, p. 1
Clayton, James E., "Massachusetts Defends Blue Law in High Court," The Washington Post, Dec. 8, 1960, Sect. A, p. 18
Lewis, Anthony, "High Court Backs States' Blue Laws," The New York Times, May 30, 1961, p. 1
Ruling - Lower Court
176 F. Supp. 466
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