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HARFORD COUNTY v. BEL AIR

No. 114, Sept. Term, 1995.

704 A.2d 421 (1998)

348 Md. 363

HARFORD COUNTY, Maryland v. TOWN OF BEL AIR.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

January 14, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jefferson L. Blomquist (Ernest A. Crofoot, Harford County Department of Law, on brief), Bel Air, for Petitioner.

Charles B. Keenan, Jr. (Kimberley Kahoe Muenter, Stark and Keenan, P.A., on brief), Bel Air, for Respondent.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, CHASANOW, KARWACKI, BELL and RAKER, JJ.

ELDRIDGE, Judge.

We issued a writ of certiorari in this case primarily to address Harford County's argument that, under the doctrine of governmental immunity, "the County could abrogate its obligations under a contract entered into in performance of a governmental function if dictated by the public good." (Harford County's brief at 17). We shall reject this argument, along with several other contentions advanced by Harford County in an effort to justify the County...

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