STATE'S ATTORNEY v. TRIPLETT

[No. 364, September Term, 1968.]

255 Md. 270 (1969)

257 A.2d 748

STATE'S ATTORNEY FOR CHARLES COUNTY, ET AL. v. TRIPLETT, ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided October 14, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas N. Biddison, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, and S. Leonard Rottman, Assistant Attorney General, on the brief, for appellants.

Joseph H. Sharlitt, with whom was Edwin R. Schnieder, Jr., on the brief, for appellees.

The cause was argued before HAMMOND, C.J., and MARBURY, BARNES, McWILLIAMS, FINAN, SINGLEY and SMITH, JJ.


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

In this appeal the constitutionality of Chapter 465 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland of 1968, now Article 56, Section 144A of Code (1957) (the Act), to ban the use of games, contests and other means of promoting business or product of or relating to the sale of motor vehicle fuels in which prizes, gifts or gratuities are given or determined by chance is challenged...

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