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Michigan Law Review

1958

Constitutional Law

Equal protection

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Municipal Corporations - Police Power - Sundy Closing Ordinances, David A. Nelson May 1958

Municipal Corporations - Police Power - Sundy Closing Ordinances, David A. Nelson

Michigan Law Review

The City of Chattanooga passed an ordinance making in unlawful "for any person, firm, corporation, or association operating a general merchandise store, department store, hardware, jewelry, furniture, grocery store, super market, meat market, or other similar establishments in the City of Chattanooga, Tennessee, to open such place of business on Sunday; or to sell or offer for sale, give away, or deliver any merchandise, groceries, hardware, jewelry, furniture, meat, produce, or other similar commodities or articles, on Sunday." Plaintiffs brought this action for a declaratory judgment that the ordinance was unconstitutional and for other relief. In the lower court the …


Civil Rights - Legislation - The Civil Rights Act Of 1957, Thomas R. Winquist S.Ed. Feb 1958

Civil Rights - Legislation - The Civil Rights Act Of 1957, Thomas R. Winquist S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

It is the purpose of this comment to note the nature of the prior legislation in the civil rights area, the provisions of the new act and the effect of the new act upon civil rights protection.