Legal Opinion
Korn v. Elkins
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided September 17, 1970No. Civ. 70-47-NPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KAUFMAN, District Judge.
No person shall publicly mutilate, defile, defy, trample upon, or by word or act cast contempt upon any such flag, standard, color, ensign or shield [of the United States or of the State of Maryland],
Md. Ann. Code art. 27, § 83 (1967 Repl. Vol.). The definition of “flag, standard, color, ensign or shield” includes any “copy, picture or representation thereof.” Md. Ann. Code art. 27, § 81 (1967 Repl. Vol.). Similar statutes have been enacted by the federal government, 18 U.S.C. § 700, and by each of the states. Prosser, Desecration of the American Flag, 3 Ind. Legal…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Chaplinsky v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- West Virginia State Board of Education v. BarnetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Street v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Joyner v. WhitingCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1973
- Mazart v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1981
- Kincaid v. GibsonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1999
- Panarella v. BirenbaumAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1971
- Fuller v. ScottDistrict Court, M.D. North Carolina · 1971
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