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KITTERY MOTORCYCLE, INC. v. ROWE

No. Civ. 01-160-B-H.

201 F.Supp.2d 189 (2002)

KITTERY MOTORCYCLE, INC., Plaintiff, v. G. Steven ROWE, Attorney General for the State of Maine, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Maine.

May 6, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry A. Bachrach, Worcester, MA, Stephen B. Wade, Skelton, Taintor & Abbott, Auburn, ME, for Kittery Motorcycle, Inc., plaintiff.

Christopher C. Taub, Ass't Att'y General, Augusta, ME, for Maine Attorney General, defendant.

Michael Kaplan, Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau, Pachios & Haley, LLC, Portland, ME, for Maine Automobile Dealers Association intervenor-plaintiff.

ORDER ON CROSS-MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

HORNBY, Chief Judge.

This lawsuit is a constitutional challenge to state legislation that requires certain businesses to remain closed on Sundays. Over the years, such legislation has variously been called Sunday Blue Laws, Lord's Day Laws, and Sunday Closing Laws. Earlier in Maine's history, see, e.g., P.L. 1821 ch. IX (Sunday closing law passed by Maine's first legislature), religious premises motivated...

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