Mills v. Agnew

Some two hundred owners of slot machines in Southern Maryland, who are also citizens, voters and taxpayers, have brought this action against the Governor of Maryland and other officials of the State and various officials of Counties in Southern Maryland, to declare that section 264B of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland violates the due process and equal protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, to enjoin the enforcement of that section, and for other relief. Jurisdiction is claimed under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and 28…