McGowan v. Maryland
1961 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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McGowan v. Maryland, 366 U.S. 420 (1961), was a United States Supreme Court case that affirmed the Maryland State Supreme Court's decision that the state's Sunday closing laws did not have a religious purpose to aid religion and that the secular purpose of the legislation to set aside a day of rest and recreation did not violate the Establishment Clause.[1]
Quick Facts McGowan v. Maryland, Argued December 8, 1960 Decided May 29, 1961 ...
McGowan v. Maryland | |
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Argued December 8, 1960 Decided May 29, 1961 | |
Full case name | Margaret M. McGowan, et al. v. State of Maryland |
Citations | 366 U.S. 420 (more) 81 S. Ct. 1101; 6 L. Ed. 2d 393; 1961 U.S. LEXIS 2008 |
Case history | |
Prior | Conviction upheld, McGowan v. State, 220 Md. 117, 151 A.2d 156 (1959); probable jurisdiction noted, 362 U.S. 959 (1960). |
Holding | |
Laws proscribing or limiting Sunday trading are not necessarily unconstitutional. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Warren, joined by Black, Clark, Brennan, Whittaker, Stewart |
Concurrence | Frankfurter, joined by Harlan |
Dissent | Douglas |
Laws applied | |
Md. Ann. Code, Art. 27, § 521; 1st and 14th Amendments |
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