WEST v. TOWN OF WINNSBORO

No. 48584.

211 So.2d 665 (1967)

252 La. 605

Ed WEST, d/b/a Globe Foods, v. TOWN OF WINNSBORO, Louisiana.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

On Rehearing March 25, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Rudolph McIntyre, Winnsboro, R. Gordon Kean, Jr., of Sanders, Miller, Downing & Kean, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.

Robert B. Guerriero, Monroe, for plaintiff-appellee.


SUMMERS, Justice.

On December 19, 1966, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the town of Winnsboro adopted an ordinance prohibiting the sale of food on Sundays in retail grocery stores having more than 1,600 square feet of enclosed space. The ordinance further provided that only those stores meeting the above restriction, which were owner-operated and employed no more than one employee, could open within the town on Sunday. Violators of the ordinance were, by its terms...

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