MONTGOMERY CTY. v. FIELDS ROAD

[No. 109, September Term, 1977.]

282 Md. 575 (1978)

386 A.2d 344

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND v. FIELDS ROAD CORPORATION ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided May 23, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sue Levin, Assistant County Attorney, with whom was Richard S. McKernon, County Attorney, on the brief, for appellant.

Phillip L. Felts, with whom were Ronald G. Kane and Schuman & Kane, Chartered, on the brief, for appellee Georgian Woods Limited Partnership et al. No brief filed on behalf of Fields Road Corporation.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, DIGGES, LEVINE, ELDRIDGE and ORTH, JJ.


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

This case presents a challenge to Montgomery County regulations requiring landlords with twenty-five or more rental units to report quarterly on minority tenants and applicants. The regulations are challenged on the grounds that: (1) they allegedly create an arbitrary classification in violation of the equal protection of the laws; (2) they represent an improper exercise of the police power, thereby depriving affected...

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