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MASSAGE PARLORS, INC. v. CITY OF BALTO.

[No. 19, September Term, 1978.]

284 Md. 490 (1979)

398 A.2d 52

MASSAGE PARLORS, INC. v. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided February 23, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

P. Paul Cocoros, with whom were Gerald A. Kroop, Ronald I. Kurland and Howard Margulies on the brief, for appellant.

Richard M. Hartman, Chief City Solicitor, with whom was Benjamin L. Brown, City Solicitor, on the brief, for appellees.

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

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

At issue in this appeal is the validity of Baltimore City Ordinance No. 159 (the ordinance), commonly known as The Massage Parlors Act.

On August 27, 1976, the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore (the City) declared its purpose and intent "to protect and preserve the health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants of the City [by providing] a program for regulating massage establishments so as to eliminate the social...

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