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WRIGHT v. GEORGIA

No. 68.

373 U.S. 284 (1963)

WRIGHT ET AL. v. GEORGIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 20, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Nabrit III argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the brief were Jack Greenberg, Constance Baker Motley, Leroy D. Clark and E. H. Gadsden.

Sylvan A. Garfunkel, Assistant Solicitor General of Georgia, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Eugene Cook, Attorney General, G. Hughel Harrison, Assistant Attorney General, and Andrew J. Ryan, Jr., Solicitor General.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WARREN delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioners, six young Negroes, were convicted of breach of the peace for peacefully playing basketball in a public park in Savannah, Georgia, on the early afternoon of Monday, January 23, 1961. The record is devoid of evidence of any activity which a breach of the peace statute might be thought to punish. Finding that there is no adequate state ground to bar review by this Court and that the convictions...

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