ATTORNEY GRIEV. v. A.S. ABELL CO.

[No. 28, September Term, 1982.]

294 Md. 680 (1982)

452 A.2d 656

ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION OF MARYLAND ET AL. v. THE A.S. ABELL COMPANY

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided December 1, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald H. Jarashow, with whom were William A. Franch and Goldsborough, Franch & Collett, P.A. on the brief, for appellants.

Douglas D. Connah, Jr., with whom were M. Lucinda Motsko and Venable, Baetjer & Howard on the brief, for appellee.

Amicus curiae brief of Maryland State Bar Association, Inc. filed. George D. Solter, Alfred L. Scanlan, Jr., and Whiteford, Taylor, Preston, Trimble & Johnston on the brief.

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


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

The primary issue in this case is whether records of the Maryland Attorney Grievance Commission (the Commission), consisting of notifications to complainants regarding the disposition of formal complaints filed against attorneys, are subject to public disclosure under the Maryland Public Information Act (the Act), Maryland Code (1957, 1980 Repl. Vol.) Article 76A, §§ 1-5.

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