TOWN OF OXFORD v. KOSTE

No. 2355, September Term, 2010.

42 A.3d 637 (2012)

204 Md. App. 578

TOWN OF OXFORD, et al. v. Constantine KOSTE.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

April 26, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brynja M. Booth (David R. Thompson, Cowdrey Thompson, on the brief), Easton, MD, for Appellant.

Michael G. Rust (Armistead, Griswold, Lee & Rust, PA, on the brief), Easton, MD, for Appellee.

Panel: ZARNOCH, GRAEFF, CHARLES E. MOYLAN, JR. (Retired, Specially Assigned), JJ.


ZARNOCH, J.

Which comes first: a law's enactment or a referendum drive? In this case, we consider the classic chicken/egg causality riddle in the legislative/political setting.1 And, in the context of the petitioning to referendum of a municipal annexation resolution, we conclude that the Legislature has required enactment to precede petitioning.2 We turn from the abstract...

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