MAYOR OF OCEAN CITY v. JOHNSON

No. 520, September Term, 1983.

57 Md. App. 502 (1984)

470 A.2d 1308

MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND ET AL. v. HALTON JOHNSON.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

February 7, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guy R. Ayres, III and Ransom J. Davis, Baltimore, with whom were H. Russell Smouse and Melnicove, Kaufman, Weiner & Smouse, P.A., Baltimore, on brief, for appellants.

Allen G. Windsor, Baltimore, with whom was David S. Harris, Baltimore, on brief, for appellee.

Argued before WILNER, GARRITY and BLOOM, JJ.


WILNER, Judge.

On April 24, 1979, Lieutenant Halton Johnson, appellee, was dismissed from the Ocean City police force. Nearly five years after the event, we are asked to determine whether the Circuit Court for Worcester County erred when it concluded that the dismissal was invalid and ordered the municipal authorities to reinstate Lt. Johnson. The case has a somewhat tortuous procedural history, and there are a number of collateral issues raised, but the crux of the...

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