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SHEETZ v. CITY OF BALTIMORE

No. 1443, September Term, 1986.

72 Md. App. 51 (1987)

527 A.2d 787

MELVIN SHEETZ v. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Certiorari Granted December 10, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carol L. Rubin, Pikesville, and Jack B. Rubin (Walker, Rubin and Van Bavel, P.A., on brief), Baltimore, for appellant.

John S. Wood, Chief Sol. (Benjamin L. Brown, City Sol. and Laurice D. Royal, Asst. Sol., on brief), Baltimore, for appellee.

Argued before BISHOP and POLLITT, JJ., and GETTY (JAMES S.), Associate Judge of the Court of Special Appeals (retired), Specially Assigned.

BISHOP, Judge.

This case presents one issue of first impression in Maryland: whether the fourth amendment exclusionary rule, usually applicable in criminal cases, applies to civil administrative disciplinary proceedings involving the alleged misconduct of Baltimore City Jail correctional officers. In resolving this issue, our methodology is grounded in the pragmatism of cost-benefit analysis. Specifically, we must balance the social benefits in excluding illegally...

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