Griffin v. Maryland (378 U.S. 130)

Griffin v. Maryland (1964)
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Griffin v. Maryland, 378 U.S. 130 (1964), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States reversed the convictions of five African Americans who were arrested during a protest of a privately owned amusement park by a park employee who was also a deputy sheriff. The Court found that the convictions violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Warning: template has been deprecated.

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Concurring Opinion: Clark

Dissenting Opinion: Harlan

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378 U.S. 130

Griffin v. Maryland

Argued: Oct. 14 and 15, 1963. --- Decided: June 22, 1964

Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., Washington, D.C., Jack Greenberg, New York City, for petitioners.

Robert C. Murphy, Russell R. Reno, Jr., Baltimore, Md., for respondent.

Ralph S. Spritzer, Washington, D.C., for United States, as amicus curiae, by special leave of Court.

Mr. Chief Justice WARREN delivered the opinion of the Court.

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