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CARROLL v. PRESIDENT AND COMMISSIONERS OF PRINCESS ANNE

No. 6.

393 U.S. 175 (1968)

89 S.Ct. 347

21 L.Ed.2d 325

CARROLL ET AL. v. PRESIDENT AND COMMISSIONERS OF PRINCESS ANNE ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 19, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eleanor Holmes Norton and William H. Zinman argued the cause for petitioners. With them on the brief were Melvin L. Wulf and Leon Friedman.

S. Leonard Rottman and Alexander G. Jones argued the cause for respondents. With them on the brief was Francis B. Burch, Attorney General of Maryland.

MR. JUSTICE FORTAS delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioners are identified with a "white supremacist" organization called the National States Rights Party. They held a public assembly or rally near the courthouse steps in the town of Princess Anne, the county seat of Somerset County, Maryland, in the evening of August 6, 1966. The authorities did not attempt to interfere with the rally. Because of the tense atmosphere which developed as the meeting progressed...

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