STATE EX REL. GUSTE v. K-MART CORP.

Nos. 84-CA-1565 to 1567.

462 So.2d 616 (1985)

STATE of Louisiana ex rel. William J. GUSTE, Jr., Attorney General v. K-MART CORPORATION; K-Mart Discount Store No. 7386, 5990 Lapalco Boulevard, Marrero, Louisiana 70072; K-Mart Discount Store No. 7088, 1615 Westbank Expressway, Harvey, Louisiana 70058; K-Mart Discount Store No. 3423, 1400 South Clearview Parkway, Metairie, Louisiana 70001; K-Mart Discount Store No. 7223, 7000 Veterans Memorial Boulevard, Metairie, Louisiana 70003. STATE of Louisiana ex rel. William J. GUSTE, Jr., Attorney General v. GAYLORD NATIONAL CORPORATION; Gaylord's Discount Department Store At 100 North Labarre Road, Metairie, Louisiana; Gaylord's Discount Department Store At 900 Manhatten Boulevard, Harvey, Louisiana; Gaylord's Discount Department Store At 2024 Belle Chasse Highway, Gretna, Louisiana; Gaylord's Discount Department Store At 755 Veterans Memorial Boulevard (Corner of Martin Behrman Street), Metairie, Louisiana. STATE of Louisiana ex rel. William J. GUSTE, Jr., Attorney General v. HOME DEPOT, INC. and the Home Depot Store At 62 Westbank Expressway, Gretna, Louisiana.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied March 7, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Warren E. Mouledoux, First Asst. Atty. Gen., John R. Flowers, Jr., Barbara Rutledge, Kenneth C. Fonte, Louis M. Jones, Maureen Feran Freedland, Asst. Attys. Gen., for plaintiff-appellant in all cases.

Harvey C. Koch, Joe M. Inabnett, Gary J. Rouse, Margaret M. Groome, Harvey C. Koch and Associates, New Orleans for defendants-appellees in 84-CA-1565.

Terry J. Freiberger, Montgomery, Barnett, Brown & Read, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees in 84-CA-1566.

Robert E. Barkley, Jr., Francis R. White, III, Sessions, Fishman, Rosenson, Boisfontaine & Nathan, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee in 84-CA-1567.


DIXON, Chief Justice.

In these three consolidated cases, the State of Louisiana, through the attorney general, appeals from the district court ruling decreeing the Sunday Closing Laws (R.S. 51:191-94) unconstitutional.

The state filed a petition for injunction against each of the three appellees herein—K-Mart Corporation, Gaylord National Corporation and Home Depot, Inc. The petitions alleged that the stores were in violation of R.S. 51:194 by selling...

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