GIBSON DISTRIBUTING CO., INC. v. DOWNTOWN, ETC.

No. B-7383.

572 S.W.2d 334 (1978)

GIBSON DISTRIBUTING COMPANY, INC., et al., Appellants, v. DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION OF EL PASO, INC., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Appeal Dismissed December 4, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kemp, Smith, White, Duncan & Hammond, Royal Fergeson, El Paso, for appellants.

Scott, Hulse, Marshall & Feuille, Frank Feuille, IV, El Paso, for appellee.


Appeal Dismissed December 4, 1978. See 99 S.Ct. 606.

GREENHILL, Chief Justice.

This is another lawsuit attacking the constitutionality of the so-called Sunday Closing Law of Texas, Article 9001 of our civil statutes.1 Two grounds for the attack are due process and equal protection. The third is a contention that the Texas statute is invalid because it deals with restraint of trade, a field which, it is argued, has been preempted...

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