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EAST v. GILCHRIST

[No. 134, September Term, 1981.]

293 Md. 453 (1982)

445 A.2d 343

SHERROD EAST ET AL. v. CHARLES W. GILCHRIST ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided May 20, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Chen, Jr., with whom were Chen, Walsh & Tecler, on the brief, for appellants.

Albert D. Brault and Nathan J. Greenbaum, Assistant County Attorney, with whom were J. Gregory Boyland, Paul A. McGuckian, County Attorney and Robert G. Tobin, Jr., Deputy County Attorney, on the brief, for appellees.

Amicus curiae brief of The Mayor and Council of Laytonsville filed. David MacDonald on the brief.

Amicus curia brief of Mount Zion Citizens Association filed. Daniel J. Cassidy on the brief.

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

ELDRIDGE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court. DAVIDSON, J., dissents and filed a dissenting opinion at page 462 infra.

The petitioners in this case seek review of an interlocutory ruling by the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, which was purportedly entered as a final judgment pursuant to Maryland Rule 605 a, and from which an immediate appeal was taken. This ruling declared invalid a section of the Montgomery County Charter which forbids the county...

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