Legal Opinion

McGowan v. State

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided May 14, 1959No. [No. 237, September Term, 1958.]PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHammond, J.

Seven persons, convicted of making sales of merchandise forbidden on Sunday in Anne Arundel County, argue in their appeal that the trial court committed reversible error (1) in refusing to remove or postpone their trials; (2) in denying motions to dismiss the prosecutions based on the claims the Sunday Blue Law is unconstitutional (a) as violating the right of religious freedom guaranteed by the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, (b) as discriminating arbitrarily in favor of certain sales and against others, and (c) as being vague and indefinite, all…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. United States v. PetrilloSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  2. Boyce Motor Lines, Inc. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
  3. Sproles v. BinfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  4. People v. FriedmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1950
  5. Piracci v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1955

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. McGowan v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  2. Bryant v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1962
  3. Giant of Maryland, Inc. v. State's AttorneyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1973
  4. Edwardsen v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1966
  5. Dart Drug Corp. v. Hechinger Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1974

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