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SNOWDEN v. ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY

[No. 92, September Term, 1982.]

295 Md. 429 (1983)

456 A.2d 380

CARL SNOWDEN v. ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MARYLAND

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided February 23, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen H. Schwartz, with whom was Alan Hilliard Legum, P.A. on the brief, for appellant.

Robert C. Wilcox, Assistant County Solicitor, with whom was Steven P. Resnick, County Solicitor, on the brief, for appellee.

Amicus curiae brief of Anne Arundel County, Lodge No. 70, Fraternal Order of Police, Inc. filed. Ronald H. Jarashow and Goldsborough, Franch & Collett, P.A. on the brief.

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

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

The issue presented in this declaratory judgment action is whether a charter county is empowered to enact an ordinance authorizing payment to certain of its public safety employees for legal expenses incurred in a successful defense against criminal or departmental misconduct charges.

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The challenged ordinance was passed as Bill 201-81 by the Anne Arundel...

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