The American Dream mall in East Rutherford, New Jersey, is facing a lawsuit for allegedly violating Bergen County's blue laws by selling clothes on Sundays. Filed in Bergen County Superior Court, the lawsuit claims that the mall's 120 retail stores have breached these long-standing laws, which restrict the sale of non-essential items on Sundays, hundreds or even thousands of times since January.

Blue laws, which date back to the 1600s, were originally rooted in religious practices to promote a day of rest. While many states have repealed or ignored these laws, Bergen County remains one of the few areas in New Jersey that still enforces them. The county's voters have rejected efforts to repeal the Sunday shopping ban in both 1980 and 1993.

The lawsuit names Ameream, the Delaware LLC tha

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