Legal Opinion
Drews v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided January 18, 1961No. [No. 113, September Term, 1960.]PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHammond, J.
The four appellants were convicted by the court sitting without a jury of violating Code (1957), Art. 27, Sec. 123, by “acting in a disorderly manner to the disturbance of the public peace” in a “place of public resort or amusement.” Two of appellants are white men, one is a white woman, and the other a Negress. Accompanied by a Negro who was not tried, they had gone as a group to Gwynn Oak Amusement Park in Baltimore County, which as a business policy does not admit Negroes, and were arrested when they refused to leave after being asked to do so.
Appellants claim that there was no evidence…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Shelley v. KraemerSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Boynton v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- People v. GalpernNew York Court of Appeals · 1932
- People v. NixonNew York Court of Appeals · 1928
- People v. CarcelNew York Court of Appeals · 1957
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3Cited by36 opinions
- Bachellar v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Barnhard v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1992
- City of Chicago v. FortIllinois Supreme Court · 1970
- Matter of NawrockiCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1972
- Harris v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1965
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