Legal Opinion

Bothwell v. York City

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 27, 1927No. Appeal, 263PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Frazer,

The council of the City of York, on August 10, 1926, enacted an ordinance designed to restrain and prohibit the operation of a class of public amusements and .exhibitions within the corporate limits of that municipality. Specifically, this enactment makes it unlawful for “any person or persons, firm, partnership or corporation, publicly for pay to conduct, hold, give or operate, within the corporate limits of the City of York, on the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday, or during any part of such day, an opera, theatre, concert, show, circus, menagerie,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Soon Hing v. CrowleySupreme Court of the United States · 1885
  2. Philadelphia v. BrabenderSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1902
  3. Commonwealth v. Keystone Benefit Ass'nSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1895

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. McGowan v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  2. Adams v. New KensingtonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1947
  3. Lane v. McFadyenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1953
  4. Commonwealth v. GrochowiakSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
  5. Commonwealth v. KennedySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1937

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