CITY OF NEW CARROLLTON v. ROGERS

[No. 33, September Term, 1979.]

287 Md. 56 (1980)

410 A.2d 1070

CITY OF NEW CARROLLTON v. JAMES W. ROGERS ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Motion for reconsideration filed March 10, 1980.

Denied March 21, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Foran, with whom were Horowitz, Oneglia, Goldstein, Foran & Parker, P.A. on the brief, for appellant.

Edward C. Gibbs, Jr., and Russell W. Shipley, with whom were Shipley, Knight, Manzi & Zanecki 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.

Chapter 863 of the Acts of 1977, now codified as Maryland Code (1957, 1975 Repl. Vol., 1979 Cum. Supp.), Art. 76A, §§ 7-15, and commonly known as the Sunshine Law (the Act), requires that meetings of public bodies, with designated exceptions, be open to the public. The principal issue in this case is whether the Council of the City of New Carrollton (the City Council) violated the Act in conducting certain...

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