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NORTHAMPTON v. PR. GEORGE'S CTY.

[No. 114, September Term, 1974.]

273 Md. 93 (1974)

327 A.2d 774

NORTHAMPTON CORPORATION v. PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided November 13, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell W. Shipley, with whom was William E. Knight on the brief, for appellant.

Ellis J. Koch, Associate County Attorney, with whom was Joseph S. Casula, County Attorney, on the brief, for appellee.

Amicus Curiae brief filed by Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, Robert H. Levan and Sanford E. Wool on the brief.

The cause was argued before SINGLEY, SMITH, DIGGES, LEVINE, ELDRIDGE and O'DONNELL, JJ., and ROBERT F. SWEENEY, Chief Judge of the District Court of Maryland, specially assigned.

SINGLEY, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a rare and unusual specimen — a zoning case the result of which turns primarily on a procedural issue rather than upon the facts.

In January, 1971, Northampton Corporation (Northampton), the owner of two adjacent parcels of land in Prince George's County (the County) containing approximately 28 acres, filed with the County council, sitting as the district council, an application for a reclassification...

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