EDWARDS v. MARYLAND STATE FAIR AND AGR. SOC.

Nos. 79-1545, 79-1555.

628 F.2d 282 (1980)

David EDWARDS, William C. Rich, Michael S. Kelly, ISKCON, Inc., Baltimore Chapter, Appellants, and Irvin Collins, Raymond Kissane and Bruce Melzack, Plaintiffs, v. MARYLAND STATE FAIR AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, INC.; Howard Mosner, Jr., Manager, Maryland State Fair, Appellees, and Cornelius Behan, Chief, Baltimore County Police Department, Defendant. David EDWARDS, William C. Rich, Michael S. Kelly, ISKCON, INC., Baltimore Chapter, Appellees, and Irvin Collins, Raymond Kissane, and Bruce Melzack, Plaintiffs, v. MARYLAND STATE FAIR AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, INC., and Howard Mosner, Jr., Manager, Maryland State Fair, Appellants, and Cornelius Behan, Chief, Baltimore County Police Department, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 12, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Christopher Brown, Baltimore, Md. (Barry A. Fisher, David Grosz, Robert C. Moest, Barry A. Fisher Law Offices, Los Angeles, Cal., on brief), for appellants.

Benson Everett Legg, Baltimore, Md. (J. Frederick Motz, Venable, Baetjer & Howard, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellees.

Before WINTER, WIDENER and SPROUSE, Circuit Judges.


WINTER, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs, the Baltimore chapter of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) and three of its members, sought a declaratory judgment that the "booth rule" of the Maryland State Fair unconstitutionally infringes the practice of their religion, and they sought an injunction against its enforcement. While the district court found that the actions of the defendants constituted state action for purposes of the First Amendment...

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