Pacesetter Homes, Inc. v. Village of South Holland

Aloysius Cisek and two other businessmen in the village of South Holland who operate a motel, a restaurant and a gasoline service station, respectively, together with two residents desiring to avail themselves of the formers’ accommodations or products, brought a declaratory judgment action in the circuit court of Cook County challenging the validity of South Holland’s Sunday closing ordinance. The court held the ordinance unconstitutional “in so far as it prohibits the businesses of the plaintiffs.” The village appeals directly to this court, upon certificate of the trial court that the…