Court Opinion

ID: 4141841
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2017-02-18 03:15:13.012029+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:29:24.487155
License: Public Domain

OFFICE      OF THE ATTORNEY      GENERAL    OF TEXAS

                                    AUSTIN

Eonorable 1. D. Ratlfff,            Tr.
County Attorney
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Dear Sir:

          Tour requ48t ror                              the h4nl@oYo
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quote rror four lett4r a4

                                              I.410 866 or the

                                -publio amuarment om Sunday,
                                nc4t1484 than twenty'nor,

                   *article   207 of the pdnal Code in gart pro-
           YM481

                “‘The prekdlng Artiole shall not apply--
             to motion plotUre shows, or theatree opelrated
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       ail or the tmm8 or olti48 lnwhbh    ~14
       motiOn pioture *how8 sr,tbaatre8 am 10~
       oated rhull have t&a rigat ud porrr by
       proprr ordiwadr to prohibit or regul4ta
       tihokeep14 opoa or ahowlns oi maoh mo,
       tioa piobpro 8bowa or t&)rtra on Stmdy.~
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     Ponal Oodo abow q uo tedl raps& and valid dale-
     gaaioa or power by thr Iss rlatura?
          “(8)   Un4.r   &06Oion   8 or   Art1aaa      887 or
     tha Jkaal Odle abet.     uwted dou            e City Inn
     th4 power to’ &mDhiblt mhe operationOr a PD-
     tfoa pisturs 8hw artieroae 0~0Iook P. 11.on
     8ua&ay?*
           T&e quot44 pett1on or &?A410 me 4nQ ,3hO iirrt &mm-
gE@   QUDtclbfter Ucti410 &81, both r-    th0 h~61   Hobo, Qa&
it a rtatutor~ Of30560 to 0*~0t0 motion protare    8h0wm 01~tlwa-
tar* on sun4ay bartar* lrO0 par. Aftor tbat boux. th4 @tat.
law Qo4B8 not prohibit *how* anA theater8 rrtm opclratQn&.
          Under seati4a a of Artiolr ~381 quoted  ruprs, the
2*$i*lattaradologated to the anaioi da*      the right -4
powor by proper ordlna&Oa to probibr t or rWUlat0 thm IMop-
Lw og(lrgr rhorirygoi 8uoh 8bows or theaters after UQO par
oa c4unQay.
          me aaaotiientof Sunday laws 18 held to be a grosnr
exercise or tb4 pouoo 'peer or the Statoc The p4lzl04~parrs
or th4 stat0 map b4 QelegatoQ ror a proprlats purpo*u to tb0
rarlou*larnfoipalitieC~ 9 Texas surlp
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