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ZAYRE CORP. v. ATTORNEY GENERAL

372 Mass. 423 (1977)

362 N.E.2d 878

ZAYRE CORP. vs. ATTORNEY GENERAL.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

April 21, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Barshak for the plaintiff.

Robert V. Greco, Assistant Attorney General (Thomas A. Waldron with him) for the defendant.

Alfred J. Mainini, for Christian Civil Liberties Union, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

William N. Wheeler & Charles J. Wilkins, for Church League for Civic Welfare & others, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Daniel A. Taylor, Chief Legal Counsel, & Marcia Casey March, Assistant Legal Counsel, for the Governor & another, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Joseph A. Sullivan, James P. Loughlin, Robert M. Segal & Richard W. Coleman, for Massachusetts State Labor Council, AFL-CIO, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Alan S. Kuller, of New York, & Daniel F. Cashman, for Caldor, Inc., amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, KAPLAN, LIACOS, & ABRAMS, JJ.

LIACOS, J.

Laws which regulate trade and commerce on Sundays have been in existence in this Commonwealth and elsewhere since colonial times. These laws popularly have been known as "Sunday closing laws," "Blue Laws" or "common day of rest laws." They once were challenged unsuccessfully as being unconstitutional in that they reflected an impermissible establishment of religion.2 Various courts, including the United States Supreme Court...

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