1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. Md.
  4. 224 Md.
  5. 224 Md. 246 (1961)
 

BD. OF PUBLIC WELFARE v. MYERS

[No. 162, September Term, 1960.]

224 Md. 246 (1961)

167 A.2d 765

STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE ET AL. v. MYERS, MINOR, ETC.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided February 7, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Murphy, Assistant Attorney General, with whom was C. Ferdinand Sybert, Attorney General, on the brief, for the appellants.

Tucker R. Dearing and Juanita Jackson Mitchell, with whom were Thurgood Marshall, Jack Greenberg and Dearing & Toadvine on the brief, for the appellee.

Brief amicus curiae filed by Maryland Petition Committee, Inc. George Washington Williams and C. Maurice Weidemeyer on the brief.

The cause was argued before BRUNE, C.J., and HENDERSON, HAMMOND, PRESCOTT and HORNEY, JJ.

HENDERSON, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

On February 26, 1960, Myers, a Negro boy thirteen years of age, by his mother and next friend, on behalf of himself and others similarly situated, filed a bill of complaint in the Circuit Court of Baltimore City for declaratory relief against the State Board of Public Welfare and the Boards of Managers of Maryland Training School, Boys' Village, Montrose School for Girls,...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases