Legal Opinion
Mercedes Montalvo-Huertas, Etc. v. Hector Rivera-Cruz, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 20, 1989No. 89-1252PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
We are called upon today to determine the constitutionality of P.R. Laws Ann. tit. 33, §§ 2201-05 (1983 & Supp.1987) (the Closing Law), a much-amended statute which limits the transaction of business in Puerto Rico on Sundays, holidays, and after stipulated hours. Discerning, as we do, a rational legislative basis for the statute as it stands, we rule that the Closing Law does not deprive appellees of due process or equal protection under the federal Constitution.
I. LEGISLATIVE BACKGROUND
As originally enacted, the Closing Law barred commercial and industrial…
2Cases cited43 opinions
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