Fair Cadillac-Oldsmobile Isuzu Partnership v. Bailey

The sole issue in this case is whether General Statutes § 53-301,1 which prohibits a party engaged in the business of selling motor vehicles from selling them on Sunday, violates the state constitution. Because we conclude that § 53-301 violates substantive due process under article first, § 8, of the state constitution2 we need not reach the plaintiffs’ other state constitutional claims.3

*314The plaintiffs are nine motor vehicle dealerships located in Danbury.4 They instituted this suit in order to obtain a declaratory judgment5 that § 53-301 is unconstitutional, and to enjoin the defendant…