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Petit v. Minnesota, 177 U.S. 164 (1900)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Petit v. Minnesota, 177 U.S. 164 (1900)
Petit v. Minnesota No. 194 Argued March 16, 1900 Decided April 9, 1900 177 U.S. 164
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT
OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA
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Section 6513 of the General Statutes of Minnesota for 1894 provides that
All labor on Sunday is prohibited, excepting the works of necessity or charity. In works of necessity or charity is included whatever is needful during the day for the good order, health, or comfort of the community; Provided, however, That keeping open a barber shop on Sunday for the purpose of cutting hair and shaving beards shall not be deemed a work of necessity or charity.
Held that the legislature did not exceed the limits of its legislative police power in declaring that, as a matter of law, keeping barber shops open on Sunday is not a work of necessity or charity, while, as to all other kinds of labor, they have left that question to be determined as one of fact.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Petit v. Minnesota, 177 U.S. 164 (1900) in 177 U.S. 164 Original Sources, accessed November 22, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=YKBWTQCN7BS13H1.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Petit v. Minnesota, 177 U.S. 164 (1900), in 177 U.S. 164, Original Sources. 22 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=YKBWTQCN7BS13H1.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Petit v. Minnesota, 177 U.S. 164 (1900). cited in 1900, 177 U.S. 164. Original Sources, retrieved 22 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=YKBWTQCN7BS13H1.
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