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Special licenses are required for businesses to take advantage of these new opportunities. Also Sunday restrictions on the hours at the state owned "Fine Wine & Good Spirits" stores were eliminated. [71] Hunting is prohibited on Sundays, with the exception of foxes, crows and coyotes. [72] Car dealerships are also closed on Sunday. [73]
Braunfeld v. Brown, 366 U.S. 599 (1961), was a landmark case on the issue of religious and economic liberty decided by the United States Supreme Court.In a 6–3 decision, the Court held that a Pennsylvania blue law forbidding the sale of various retail products on Sunday was not an unconstitutional interference with religion as described in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Store hours on Sundays are usually the same as on Mondays to Thursdays, which tend to close earlier than on Fridays and Saturdays. During Holy Week, the three days preceding Easter Sunday see stores closed or operating on shorter hours, as with many television and radio stations. All these completely reopen to full hours on Easter Sunday itself.
New Jersey’s American Dream megamall is flouting centuries-old Bergen “blue laws,” which demand most retailers close on Sundays — and its becoming a nightmare for local officials.
To be sure, the Sunday regulations are subject to state law, which means each of Germany’s 16 states can choose what exceptions apply in their case, even pertaining to the automated mini-shops.
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Blue laws (also known as Sunday laws, Sunday trade laws, and Sunday closing laws) are laws restricting or banning certain activities on specified days, usually Sundays in the western world. The laws were adopted originally for religious reasons, specifically to promote the observance of the Christian day of worship .
Chick-fil-A even has a video about Sunday closures on its website. A video on the Chick-fil-A website details Sunday closures in the following caption: “It’s not about being closed. It's about ...