Legal Opinion

City of Ashland v. Heck's, Inc.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)

Decided April 29, 1966PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PALMORE, Judge.

The core question in this case is whether the Sunday closing law, KRS 436.160, can be enforced against a department store, or so-called “discount house,” while other establishments variously denominated as “pharmacies” or “drug stores,” “groceries,” “supermarkets” and “car washes,” some of which sell many of the same types of mer*422chandise as the discount house, are openly permitted to do business as usual on Sunday. Obedient to the precept of Yick Wo v. Hopkins, 118 U.S. 356, 6 S.Ct. 1064, 30 L.Ed. 220 (1886), the chancellor adjudged such enforcement to be unlawfully…

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2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  2. Virginia v. RivesSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  3. McAfee v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1917
  4. Arlan's Department Store of Louisville v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1963
  5. City of Covington v. GausepohlCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1933

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3Cited by29 opinions

  1. State v. MoralesTexas Supreme Court · 1994
  2. Murgia v. Municipal CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1975
  3. E & T Realty v. StricklandCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
  4. Caldor's, Inc. v. Bedding Barn, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1979
  5. Kentucky Milk Marketing & Antimonopoly Commission v. Kroger Co.Kentucky Supreme Court · 1985

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