Griffin v. Maryland
| Griffin v. Maryland | |
|---|---|
| Argued October 14 – October 15, 1963 Decided June 22, 1964 | |
| Full case name | William L. Griffin et al. v. Maryland |
| Citations | 378 U.S. 130 (more) 84 S. Ct. 1770; 12 L. Ed. 2d 754; 1964 U.S. LEXIS 818 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | 225 Md. 422, 171 A.2d 717, affirmed conviction |
| Subsequent | 236 Md. 184, 202 A.2d 644 (1964), reversing conviction without new trial |
| Holding | |
| The convictions violated the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and the arrest by a park employee, who was also a deputy sheriff, was state action. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Warren, joined by Douglas, Clark, Brennan, Stewart, Goldberg, |
| Concurrence | Clark |
| Dissent | Harlan, joined by Black, White |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const. amend. XIV | |
English Wikisource has original text related to this article:
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.