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BELL v. STATE

[No. 91, September Term, 1961.]

227 Md. 302 (1962)

176 A.2d 771

BELL ET AL. v. STATE

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided January 9, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Lawrence F. Rodowsky, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Thomas B. Finan, Attorney General, Saul A. Harris, State's Attorney for Baltimore City, and James W. Murphy, Assistant State's Attorney, on the brief, for the appellee.

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

Decided January 9, 1962. Judgment vacated and reversed and case remanded, 377 U.S. 226. Certiorari granted, 374 U.S. 805.

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

These appeals are from $10.00 fines imposed, but suspended, after convictions in the Criminal Court of Baltimore for trespassing on the privately owned premises of Hooper's Restaurant. The appellants entered the premises in protest against the restaurant owner's policy of not serving Negroes...

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