EDWARDS v. SOUTH CAROLINA

No. 86.

372 U.S. 229 (1963)

EDWARDS ET AL. v. SOUTH CAROLINA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 25, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Greenberg argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the brief were Constance Baker Motley, James M. Nabrit III, Matthew J. Perry, Lincoln C. Jenkins, Jr. and Donald James Sampson.

Daniel McLeod, Attorney General of South Carolina, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were J. C. Coleman, Jr. and Everett N. Brandon, Assistant Attorneys General.


MR. JUSTICE STEWART delivered the opinion of the Court.

The petitioners, 187 in number, were convicted in a magistrate's court in Columbia, South Carolina, of the common-law crime of breach of the peace. Their convictions were ultimately affirmed by the South Carolina Supreme Court, 239 S.C. 339, 123 S.E.2d 247. We granted certiorari, 369 U.S. 870, to consider...

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