MARYLAND v. BALTIMORE RADIO SHOW, INC.

No. 300.

338 U.S. 912 (1950)

MARYLAND v. BALTIMORE RADIO SHOW, INC. ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

January 9, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hall Hammond, Attorney General of Maryland, and Harrison L. Winter, Assistant Attorney General, for petitioner. J. Purdon Wright and W. Frank Every for respondents. Elisha Hanson, William K. Van Allen and Arthur B. Hanson filed a brief for the American Newspaper Publishers Association, as amicus curiae, opposing the petition.


Certiorari denied. MR. JUSTICE FRANKFURTER has filed an opinion respecting the denial of the petition for writ of certiorari.

Opinion of MR. JUSTICE FRANKFURTER respecting the denial of the petition for writ of certiorari.

The Criminal Court of Baltimore City found the respondents guilty of contempt and imposed fines for broadcasting over local radio stations matter relating to one Eugene H. James at a time when he was in custody on a charge of murder. The...

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