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MD.-NAT'L CAP. P. & P. COMM'N v. CHADWICK

[No. 2, September Term, 1979.]

286 Md. 1 (1979)

405 A.2d 241

THE MARYLAND-NATIONAL CAPITAL PARK AND PLANNING COMMISSION v. GEORGE A. CHADWICK, JR. ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided September 11, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilhelmina G. Douglas, Associate General Counsel, and Sanford E. Wool, Deputy General Counsel, with whom was Arthur S. Drea, Jr., General Counsel, on the brief, for appellant.

Amicus curiae brief filed by Attorney General of Maryland, Stephen H. Sachs, Attorney General, and Judith A. Armold, Assistant Attorney General, on the brief.

Harry W. Lerch, with whom were Ronald L. Early and Lerch, Early & Roseman on the brief, for appellees.

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

MURPHY, C.J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

The central issue in this case is whether the appellant, Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (the Commission), by placing the appellees' land in public "reservation" without their consent for a period not to exceed three years, as authorized by § 50-31 (a) of the Montgomery County Code (1972, 1977 Repl. Vol.), unconstitutionally deprived the landowners...

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