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NEFEDRO v. MONTGOMERY COUNTY

No. 84, September Term, 2009.

996 A.2d 850 (2010)

414 Md. 585

Nick NEFEDRO v. MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Maryland, et al.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

June 10, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Amourgis (Edwards Phillip Amourgis, PC of Rockville, MD), on brief, for appellant.

Ajmel Quereshi (Deborah A. Jeon, ACLU of Maryland Foundation of Baltimore, MD), on brief, for appellant.

Clifford L. Royalty, Chief, Division of Zoning, Land Use & Economic Development (Leon Rodriguez, County Atty., Marc P. Hansen, Deputy County Atty., and Edward B. Lattner, Chief, Division of Human Resources & Appeal, of Rockville, MD), on brief, for appellees.

Argued before BELL, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, MURPHY, ADKINS and BARBERA, JJ.

GREENE, J.

The petitioner in this case, Nick Nefedro, wishes to open a fortunetelling business in Montgomery County. Montgomery County, however, has an ordinance ("the Fortunetelling Ordinance") that prohibits the acceptance of remuneration for fortunetelling. Nefedro has asked us to determine whether the Fortunetelling Ordinance violates his right to freedom of speech under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article 40 of the Maryland Declaration...

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