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Braunfeld v. Gibbons

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Dec 16, 1959
184 F. Supp. 352 (E.D. Pa. 1959)

Opinion

Civ. A. No. 26945.

December 16, 1959.

Before HASTIE, Circuit Judge, GANEY, Chief District Judge, and EGAN, District Judge.


This cause having been submitted on the Amended Complaint and defendants' motion to dismiss that complaint; and this court finding itself in full accord with the reasoning and conclusions of another statutory court of this district in Two Guys From Harrison-Allentown, Inc. v. McGinley, No. 25626, D.C. 1959, 179 F. Supp. 944, concerning the constitutionality of Pennsylvania Act No. 212, 18 P.S. § 4699.10, approved August 10, 1959, prohibiting retail selling of enumerated commodities on Sunday; and the court finding nothing in the Amended Complaint herein to make the legal ruling in the aforesaid case No. 25626 inapplicable; it is this 16th day of December, 1959,

Ordered that the complaint herein seeking a permanent injunction against the enforcement of Pennsylvania Act No. 212, approved August 10, 1959, be and it is hereby dismissed.


Summaries of

Braunfeld v. Gibbons

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Dec 16, 1959
184 F. Supp. 352 (E.D. Pa. 1959)
Case details for

Braunfeld v. Gibbons

Case Details

Full title:Abraham BRAUNFELD, Isaac Friedman, Alter Diament, S. David Friedman and…

Court:United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Date published: Dec 16, 1959

Citations

184 F. Supp. 352 (E.D. Pa. 1959)

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