DAVIS v. MILLER

Civ. No. 72-237.

339 F.Supp. 498 (1972)

Paul O. DAVIS and Robert J. Hoch, Plaintiffs, v. George MILLER, Mayor of Takoma Park, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Maryland.

March 13, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward L. Genn, Silver Spring, Md., for plaintiff Davis.

John J. Pagano, Baltimore, Md., for intervening plaintiff Hoch.

Vincent L. Gingerich, Takoma Park, Md., for defendants other than the Attorney General.

Henry R. Lord, Baltimore, Md., Deputy Atty. Gen., for Francis B. Burch, Atty. Gen.

Jerome W. Cox, Annapolis, Md., for Maryland Municipal League, amicus curiae.


THOMSEN, District Judge.

The public local laws generally known as the Charter of the City of Takoma Park required that "[e]ach candidate for councilman shall at the time of his nomination be not less than twenty-five years of age; shall be a voter of the city; and shall have resided in the precinct or area from which he shall be nominated for at least one year immediately preceding his nomination and be a property holder therein."1

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