Abstract
On April 8, 2010, an attempt to allow liquor stores to open on Sundays was overwhelmingly defeated in the Minnesota state house. Minneapolis Representative Phyllis Kahn, who has unsuccessfully tried to overturn the Sunday laws for years, “tried to put an amendment on another liquor-related bill, but it was voted down 110–20.” Minnesota is one of many states that maintain a ban on Sunday liquor sales, even though there is significant public support for removing the ban and Sunday alcohol sales could bring in much-needed revenues to the state. For example, Indiana State Senator Phil Boots is pushing to allow Sunday liquor sales, in part because Indiana is “losing millions in revenue to states like Illinois that allow Sunday sales.” Despite a recent momentum in opposing these bans, which date back to the seventeenth century in the United States, they continue to persist, notwithstanding repeated constitutional and political challenges.
Recommended Citation
Tetebaum, Elina
(2011)
"A Sobering Look at Why Sunday Liquor Laws
Violate the Sherman Act,"
Utah Law Review: Vol. 2011:
No.
2, Article 7.
Available at:
https://dc.law.utah.edu/ulr/vol2011/iss2/7