EAST v. GILCHRIST

[No. 74, September Term, 1982.]

296 Md. 368 (1983)

463 A.2d 285

SHERROD EAST ET AL. v. CHARLES W. GILCHRIST ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided August 8, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Chen, Jr., with whom were Chen, Walsh & Tecler on the brief, for appellants.

Albert D. Brault for appellees Charles W. Gilchrist et al. and by Nathan J. Greenbaum, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee Montgomery County, Maryland, with whom were J. Gregory Boyland, Paul A. McGuckian, County Attorney, and Robert G. Tobin, Jr., Deputy County Attorney, on the brief.

Amicus curiae brief of The Mayor and Council of Laytonsville filed by David MacDonald.

Amicus curiae brief of Mount Zion Citizens Association filed by Daniel J. Cassidy.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, ELDRIDGE, COLE, DAVIDSON, RODOWSKY and COUCH, JJ.


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

On December 2, 1977, the Environmental Health Administration of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene ordered Montgomery County to identify a site for a new sanitary landfill. The order further required Montgomery County, after its designation of a landfill site and approval thereof by the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene,1 to obtain the necessary permits for the county's operation...

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