1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. Md.
  4. 291 Md.
  5. 291 Md. 648 (1981)
 

PICKETT v. PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY

[No. 27, September Term, 1981.]

291 Md. 648 (1981)

436 A.2d 449

STANLEY S. PICKETT ET AL. v. PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided October 28, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Calvert Steuart for appellants.

Valerie J. Monaghan, Associate County Attorney and Robert B. Ostrom, County Attorney, with whom were Michael O. Connaughton, Deputy County Attorney, and Ralph E. Grutzmacher, Associate County Attorney, on the brief, for appellee Prince George's County and by Ronald Willoner for appellee Board of Election Supervisors. David Bird on the brief for other appellees.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, DIGGES, ELDRIDGE, COLE, DAVIDSON and RODOWSKY, JJ.

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

In this declaratory judgment action, three issues are presented: (1) the alleged invalidity of a petition by way of initiative for an amendment to the charter of Prince George's County; (2) the question of whether that charter amendment impaired contract rights of bondholders so as to be a violation of their rights under United States Constitution Art. 1, § 10, cl. 1; and (3) whether the Board of Election Supervisors...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases