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COURTESY MOTOR SALES v. WARD

No. 36791.

24 Ill.2d 82 (1962)

179 N.E.2d 692

COURTESY MOTOR SALES et al., Appellants, v. DANIEL P. WARD, State's Attorney, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 23, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

SONNENSCHEIN, LAUTMANN, LEVINSON, RIESER, CARLIN & NATH, and RAYNOR & MITCHELL, both of Chicago, (EARL E. POLLOCK, FREDERIC S. LANE, and DONALD A. MITCHELL, of counsel,) for appellants.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and DANIEL P. WARD, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (WILLIAM C. WINES, RAYMOND S. SARNOW, A. ZOLA GROVES, and AUBREY KAPLAN, Assistant Attorneys General, and EDWARD J. HLADIS, Special Assistant State's Attorney, and THOMAS A. HETT, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel,) for appellees.

SEYMOUR M. LEWIS, and JEROME F. DIXON, both of Chicago, for Chicago Automobile Trade Association and Illinois Automotive Trade Association, amici curiae.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE KLINGBIEL delivered the opinion of the court:

Courtesy Motor Sales, Inc., an automobile dealer, and two of its employees brought suit in the superior court of Cook County to declare unconstitutional a statute prohibiting the sale of automobiles on Sunday, and to enjoin certain public officials charged with its enforcement. The superior court found the legislation valid and dismissed the complaint. Plaintiffs appeal. Pursuant...

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