CHEEKS v. CEDLAIR CORP.

[No. 114, September Term, 1979.]

287 Md. 595 (1980)

415 A.2d 255

BOBBY CHEEKS ET AL. v. THE CEDLAIR CORPORATION ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided June 3, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence B. Coshnear and Harold Buchman, with whom were Jane Pilliod and Phillip G. Dantes on the brief, for appellants.

Amicus curiae brief filed by Richard L. Andrews, pro se.

Eugene P. Smith and Judith D. O'Neill, with whom were Stuart R. Wilcox and Dana N. Pescosolido on the brief, for The Cedlair Corp. and William & Lucia Goodhart, part of appellees. Ira C. Cooke, with whom were M. Albert Figinski and Melnicove, Kaufman & Weiner, P.A. on the brief, for appellee M. Albert Figinski. Submitted on brief by Stephen H. Sachs, Attorney General, Mary N. Humphries and Diana G. Motz, Assistant Attorneys General, for Board of Supervisors of Elections of Baltimore City, other appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, DIGGES, ELDRIDGE, COLE and DAVIDSON, JJ., and JAMES F. COUCH, JR., Associate Judge of the Court of Special Appeals, specially assigned.


MURPHY, C.J., delivered the opinion of the Court. COLE, J., dissents and filed a dissenting opinion at page 632 infra.

This appeal draws into question the legality under Article XI-A of the Constitution of Maryland of a citizen-initiated proposal to amend the Charter of Baltimore City (1964 revision). The proposed amendment (the amendment) would add a new article to the charter by establishing a comprehensive system of rent control for the City's residential...

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