Legal Opinion
Gallagher v. Crown Kosher Super Market of Massachusetts, Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 29, 1961No. 11PublishedCited by 136 opinions
1Judgment of the CourtChief Justice Warren
Mr. Justice Black, Mr. Justice Clark, and Mr. Justice Whittaker concur.
The principal issues presented in this case are whether the Massachusetts Sunday Closing Laws 1 violate equal protection, are statutes respecting the establishment of religion or prohibit the free exercise thereof.
Appellees are Crown Kosher Super Market, a corporation whose four stockholders, officers and directors are members of the Orthodox Jewish faith, which operates in Springfield, Massachusetts, and sells kosher meat and other food products that are almost exclusively kosher and which has many Orthodox Jewish…
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