Legal Opinion
Sheriff of Houston County v. Albertson's, Inc.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided July 24, 1981No. 80-111PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHORES, Justice.
This is an appeal from an order permanently enjoining the sheriff and other law enforcement officers from instituting charges or arresting employees of Albert-son’s for operating businesses on Sunday in alleged violation of § 13A-12-1, Code 1975, the Sunday Blue Laws.
The trial judge found that the legislation was so vague, ambiguous and uncertain that it is impossible of uniform interpretation by persons of reasonable intelligence. He also found that the attempted enforcement of the law as to Albertson’s amounted to an unequal, invidious and discriminatory enforcement of the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Simonetti v. City of BirminghamCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1975
3Cited by3 opinions
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- Town of Gulf Shores v. Lamar Advertising of Mobile, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1987
- State v. K-Mart Corp.Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1985