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AMERICAN LEGION v. STATE

[No. 117, September Term, 1981.]

294 Md. 1 (1982)

447 A.2d 842

AMERICAN LEGION, CLOPPER MICHAEL POST #10, INC. v. STATE OF MARYLAND

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided July 21, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Douglas, with whom were Kaylor, Wantz & Douglas and Paul W. Ottinger on the brief, for appellant.

Richard B. Rosenblatt, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Stephen H. Sachs, Attorney General, and John R. Salvatore, State's Attorney for Washington County, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before SMITH, ELDRIDGE, COLE, DAVIDSON and RODOWSKY, JJ., and J. DUDLEY DIGGES, Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals (retired), specially assigned.

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

This case presents a question concerning the scope of and interrelationship between Maryland Code (1957, 1982 Repl. Vol.), Art. 27, § 255 (a) and § 356. More particularly, it presents the question whether certain activities conducted by a service or charitable organization are within the scope of § 255 (a) that makes it lawful for such organizations to conduct raffles and other gambling activities utilizing...

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