Zayre Corp. v. Attorney General

Laws which regulate trade and commerce on Sundays have been in existence in this Commonwealth and elsewhere since colonial times. These laws popularly have been known as “Sunday closing laws,” “Blue Laws” or “common day of rest laws.” They once were challenged unsuccessfully as being unconstitutional in that they reflected an impermissible establishment of religion.2 Various courts, including the United States Supreme Court, have held that such laws are a valid exercise of State police power. See McGowan v. Maryland, 366 U.S. 420 (1961). After a relative period of quiescence, new attacks on…