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STEIMEL v. BOARD OF ELECTION SUPERVISORS

[No. 121, September Term, 1975.]

278 Md. 1 (1976)

357 A.2d 386

STEIMEL ET AL. v. BOARD OF ELECTION SUPERVISORS OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided May 24, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Vance for appellants.

Franklin Goldstein, with whom were Joseph S. Kaufman, Melnicove, Greenberg, Kaufman & Weiner, P.A., on the brief, for Dart Drug Corp., Drug Fair, Inc., Frank's Hardware, Inc., Giant Food, Inc., The Hecht Company, Hechinger Company and Peoples Drug Stores, Inc.; William v. Meyers and Meyers & Billingsley, P.A., on the brief, for Board of Election Supervisors of Prince George's County.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SINGLEY, SMITH, DIGGES and LEVINE, JJ.

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

In this appeal, we decide the validity of a law enacted by the General Assembly which is applicable solely to one charter county and which provides that the law be submitted to a referendum of the voters of that county. The Circuit Court for Prince George's County (Judge Robert B. Mathias) held that it was valid, and because of the manifest importance of the questions presented, we granted certiorari prior to consideration...

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