Griffin v. Maryland

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1964-06-22

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Mr. Chief Justice Warren delivered the opinion of the Court. Petitioners were convicted of criminal trespass for refusing to leave a privately owned and operated amusement park in the State of Maryland at the command of an employee of the amusement park acting under color of his authority as a deputy sheriff. For the reasons set forth hereinafter we hold that these convictions are violative of the Fourteenth Am…

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