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Constitutional Law Keyed to Rotunda
Braunfeld v. Brown
Citation:
366 U.S. 599 (1961)Facts
Appellants are merchants in Philadelphia who engage in the retail sale of clothing and home furnishings within the proscription of the statute in issue. Each of the appellants is a member of the Orthodox Jewish faith, which requires the closing of their places of business and a total abstention from all manner of work from nightfall each Friday until nightfall each Sunday. Appellants contend that the enforcement against them of the Pennsylvania statute will prohibit the free exercise of their religion because appellants will suffer substantial economic loss, to the benefit of their non-Sabbatarian competitors, if appellants also continue their Sabbath observance by closing their businesses on Saturday.
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