Chick-fil-A could sue the state of New York if it’s forced to keep restaurants open seven days a week!

New York Assemblyman Tony Simone recently introduced a bill that would require all restaurants at New York’s rest stops to be open every day of the week, including Chick-fil-A, whose restaurants are iconically known to be closed on Sundays. According to the Democratic lawmaker, the new legislation would guarantee necessary food services for the many people driving throughout the state on the weekend, the busiest travel days of the week.

Chick-fil-A says on its website that the fast-food chain’s founder, Truett Cathy, decided to close the restaurants on Sundays in 1946 when he opened the first one, in Hapeville, Georgia. “Having worked seven days a week in restaurants open 24 hours, Truett saw the importance of closing on Sundays so that he and his employees could set aside one day to rest or worship if they choose, a practice we uphold today,” Chick-fil-A says on its site.

This being said, if the bill passes then it would not be able to affect the previous, already existing contract Chick-fil-A has with the state of New York’s nine separate locations of rest stops. However the bill, should it be passed, any future contracts will state that any food establishments in the rest stops will have to be open seven days a week no matter what. This case won’t be able to touch Chick-fil-A as they already have the contracts and it is a religious and old time tradition of the privately owned company. So luckily, Chick-Fil-A will not need to sue the state of New York!