Griffin v. Maryland

Griffin v. Maryland
Argued October 14 – October 15, 1963
Decided June 22, 1964
Full case nameWilliam L. Griffin et al. v. Maryland
Citations378 U.S. 130 (more)
84 S. Ct. 1770; 12 L. Ed. 2d 754; 1964 U.S. LEXIS 818
Case history
Prior225 Md. 422, 171 A.2d 717, affirmed conviction
Subsequent236 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
Chief Justice
Earl Warren
Associate Justices
Hugo Black · William O. Douglas
Tom C. Clark · John M. Harlan II
William J. Brennan Jr. · Potter Stewart
Byron White · Arthur Goldberg
Case opinions
MajorityWarren, joined by Douglas, Clark, Brennan, Stewart, Goldberg,
ConcurrenceClark
DissentHarlan, joined by Black, White
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. XIV

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.[1] The Court found that the convictions violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

  1. ^ Griffin v. Maryland, 378 U.S. 130 (1964). Public domain This article incorporates public domain material from this U.S government document.