MARYLAND COMMITTEE v. TAWES

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred L. Scanlan argued the cause for appellants. With him on the brief were John B. Wright and Johnson Bowie.

Robert S. Bourbon, Assistant Attorney General of Maryland, argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief was Thomas B. Finan, Attorney General of Maryland.

Solicitor General Cox, by special leave of Court, argued the cause for the United States, as amicus curiae, urging reversal. With him on the brief were Bruce J. Terris and Richard W. Schmude.

Theodore I. Botter, First Assistant Attorney General of New Jersey, argued the cause for the State of New Jersey et al., as amici curiae, urging affirmance. With him on the brief were the Attorneys General of their respective States as follows: Arthur J. Sills of New Jersey, Robert W. Pickrell of Arizona, Duke W. Dunbar of Colorado, Bert T. Kobayashi of Hawaii, Allan G. Shepard of Idaho, Edwin K. Steers of Indiana, William M. Ferguson of Kansas, Jack P. F. Gremillion of Louisiana, T. Wade Bruton of North Carolina, Helgi Johanneson of North Dakota, Walter E. Alessandroni of Pennsylvania, J. Joseph Nugent of Rhode Island, Frank L. Farrar of South Dakota and Charles Gibson of Vermont.

Briefs of amici curiae were filed by Robert G. Tobin, Jr., Douglas H. Moore, Jr. and Richard J. Sincoff for Montgomery County, Maryland, urging reversal; by Leo Pfeffer, Melvin L. Wulf, Jack Greenberg and Robert B. Mckay for the American Jewish Congress et al., and by W. Scott Miller, Jr. and George J. Long for Schmied, President of the Board of Aldermen of Louisville, Kentucky.