Goodin v. City of Philadelphia

On October 16, 1951, the municipality of Philadelphia, Mississippi, undertook, by ordinance, to make it a criminal offense for any person, association of per*79sons, partnerships, or corporations to operate or permit to be operated “any business establishment” within the corporate limits of the municipality after ten o’clock P. M., and imposing a penalty of not more than $100.00 and thirty days in jail, or both such fine and imprisonment, for violation of said ordinance.

The ordinance then provides that any person who desires to keep his place of business open later than ten o’clock P.M. can make…