Blue law (English Wikipedia)

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Fahlbusch, Erwin; Bromiley, Geoffrey William (2005). The Encyclopedia of Christianity. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. p. 787]. ISBN 9780802824165.
Roy, Christian (2005). Traditional Festivals: A Multicultural Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 457. ISBN 9781576070895. However, an amendment was made that left is enforcement to the discretion of the provinces, so that it remained a dead letter in mostly French Quebec. A Catholic Sunday League was formed in 1923 to combat this laxity and promote sabbatarian restrictions in that province--especially against movie theaters.
Rybczyński, Witold (1991). Waiting for the Weekend. Viking Penguin. p. 78. ISBN 9780670830015. In 1922, inspired by a pastoral letter decrying the lax observance of Sunday as a day of rest, the Ligue du Dimanche (Sunday League) formed. For fourteen years the League agitated for Sabbatarian legislation, particularly against cinemas

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Peters, The Rev. Samuel (1877). General History of Connecticut (PDF). New York, New York: D. Appleton and Company. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 9, 2022. Retrieved December 29, 2021.

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Яна (December 20, 2018). "What shops in Austria work on weekends". Austria Today. Retrieved December 29, 2021.

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"Never on a Sunday? Not any more". BBC News. May 27, 2009.

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Myers, Gustavus (1921). Ye Olden Blue Laws. University of California. Retrieved December 29, 2021.

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"A turkey of a blue law", The Boston Globe. Retrieved November 25, 2006.

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"Poland limits Sunday shopping to benefit family life". Business Insider. Retrieved January 30, 2018.^{[dead link]}

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"CanLII – 1985 CanLII 69 (S.C.C.)". Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII.org). September 3, 2009. Archived from the original on May 9, 2011. Retrieved September 24, 2009.

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Coffman, Elesha (2009). "Bye-Bye, Blue Laws?". Christianity Today. Retrieved July 6, 2017.

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Mahoney, Patrick J. (January 27, 2015). "The Long, Ambiguous History of Connecticut's Blue Laws". Connecticut Humanities. Retrieved December 29, 2021.

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Leff, David K. (February 25, 2015). "Once Strict 'Blue Laws' Have Largely Faded". Hartford Courant. Retrieved December 29, 2021.

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Raynault-Ollu, Louis-Philippe (2012). "Sunday Observance Laws in North America". SSRN Working Paper Series. doi:10.2139/ssrn.2260582. ISSN 1556-5068. SSRN 2260582.

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Sullivan, Arthur (April 15, 2021). "Is it time Germany opened up its stores on Sundays?". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved December 29, 2021.

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Hudson, David L. Jr. (August 2009). "Blue Laws". Freedom Forum Institute. Retrieved December 21, 2021.

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Peters, The Rev. Samuel (1877). General History of Connecticut (PDF). New York, New York: D. Appleton and Company. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 9, 2022. Retrieved December 29, 2021.

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Montgomery, Bob. "Gaffney churches seek to stop Sunday alcohol sales". Retrieved September 28, 2016.

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"Trading hours for retailers: the law". Retrieved January 27, 2016.

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Hennington v. Georgia, 163 U.S. 299 (1896).
McGowan v. Maryland, 366 U.S. 420 (1961).
McGowan, 366 U.S. 420, 445 (1961) "The present purpose and effect of most of our Sunday Closing Laws is to provide a uniform day of rest for all citizens; and the fact that this day is Sunday, a day of particular significance for the dominant Christian sects, does not bar the State from achieving its secular goals."
Gallagher v. Crown Kosher Super Market of Mass., Inc., 366 U.S. 617 (1961).
Braunfeld v. Brown, 366 U.S. 599 (1961).
Two Guys from Harrison vs. McGinley, 366 U.S. 582 (1961).

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"'Blue Law' for car sales upheld by Judge" Archived May 31, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, KVIA, March 22, 2006. Retrieved May 28, 2008. "A Texas judge has upheld an old law that requires car dealerships in the Lone Star state to close one day each weekend. They must now choose to open either Saturday or Sunday."

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"1619: Laws enacted by the First General Assembly of Virginia". Liberty Fund. Retrieved December 29, 2021.

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"McGowan Et Al. v. Maryland" (PDF). Library of Congress. May 29, 1961. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
"Two Guys from Harrison-Allentown, Inc., v. McGinley, District Attorney, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Et Al." (PDF). Library of Congress. May 29, 1961. Retrieved December 29, 2021.

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"Title 17, §3204: Business, traveling or recreation on Sunday". Retrieved January 27, 2016.

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"Allan Levine: Never mind Ford Nation. Hogtown has a long history of drunks, tyrants and loudmouths running City Hall". Retrieved February 2, 2017.

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"Seasonal and Sunday Trading". Retrieved March 10, 2016.

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"Poland's Sunday trading ban lifted ahead of Christmas due to pandemic". Notes from Poland. December 4, 2020. Retrieved January 2, 2021.

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Seelye, Katharine Q. (November 20, 2012), "Where Pilgrims Landed, Thanksgiving Is Kept at Table, Not Mall", The New York Times, retrieved December 29, 2021{{citation}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)

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"blue law". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)

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"Zondagswet". Wetten.nl (in Dutch). Dutch government. April 1, 1994. Retrieved September 29, 2021.

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Bunn, Rachel (May 22, 2019). "A quick overview of Pennsylvania's Blue Laws". Penn Live. Retrieved December 29, 2021.

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ReadingEagle (April 8, 2020). "Remnants of 'blue laws' linger throughout U.S." Reading Eagle. Retrieved October 29, 2024.

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"North Dakota Catholic Conference says 'Sunday law' Benefits All People". EWTN News. September 19, 2011. Archived from the original on August 15, 2017. Retrieved July 5, 2017.

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Lov om ændring af lov om detailsalg fra butikker m.v. - Liberalisering af reglerne om åbningstid [Act Amending the Law on Retail Sales from Shops, etc. - Liberalization of the Rules on Opening Hours] (543, amendment) (in Danish). Danish Civil Protection Agency. May 26, 2010. Retrieved September 23, 2018.

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"Belfast Children Allowed To Use Swings On Sunday". RTÉ. Archived from the original on August 15, 2015.

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Mikkelson, David (July 19, 2021). "Why Are Blue Laws Called 'Blue Laws'?". Snopes. Retrieved December 29, 2021.

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Raynault-Ollu, Louis-Philippe (2012). "Sunday Observance Laws in North America". SSRN Working Paper Series. doi:10.2139/ssrn.2260582. ISSN 1556-5068. SSRN 2260582.

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Sas, Adriana (April 25, 2021). "Sunday trading ban in Poland - Statistics & Facts". Statista. Retrieved December 29, 2021.

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Henry McDonald (September 2007). "New bid for Sunday football". The Guardian. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
Ross, Nick (March 25, 1999). "The banned played on". The Guardian.

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"The Law: Blue Sunday". Time. June 9, 1961. Retrieved December 29, 2021.

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"Blue Laws". U-S-History.com. Retrieved December 29, 2021.

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"Opening Hours in Norway". Visit Nordic. Retrieved December 29, 2021.

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Good Question: Why Can't We Buy Alcohol On Sunday?, WCCO-TV, November 20, 2006 Archived September 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

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"North Dakota Catholic Conference says 'Sunday law' Benefits All People". EWTN News. September 19, 2011. Archived from the original on August 15, 2017. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
"Belfast Children Allowed To Use Swings On Sunday". RTÉ. Archived from the original on August 15, 2015.
"CanLII – 1985 CanLII 69 (S.C.C.)". Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII.org). September 3, 2009. Archived from the original on May 9, 2011. Retrieved September 24, 2009.
Good Question: Why Can't We Buy Alcohol On Sunday?, WCCO-TV, November 20, 2006 Archived September 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
"'Blue Law' for car sales upheld by Judge" Archived May 31, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, KVIA, March 22, 2006. Retrieved May 28, 2008. "A Texas judge has upheld an old law that requires car dealerships in the Lone Star state to close one day each weekend. They must now choose to open either Saturday or Sunday."

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Raynault-Ollu, Louis-Philippe (2012). "Sunday Observance Laws in North America". SSRN Working Paper Series. doi:10.2139/ssrn.2260582. ISSN 1556-5068. SSRN 2260582.

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The LANDMARK Cases, National Sunday Law Crisis. Retrieved May 21, 2008.