KARABETIS v. CITY OF BALTIMORE

No. 1697, September Term, 1986.

72 Md. App. 407 (1987)

530 A.2d 293

IOANNIS KARABETIS ET AL. v. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

September 4, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Prevas (Konstantine J. Prevas and Prevas & Prevas, on brief), Baltimore, for appellants.

John William Trotz, Asst. City Sol. (Benjamin L. Brown, City Sol., on brief), Baltimore, for appellee.

Argued before WILNER, ALPERT and ROBERT M. BELL, JJ.


ALPERT, Judge.

This case is about an alleged present day economic exploitation of laborers in a doughnut factory. The plight of workers has historically been manifested by two extremes: long working hours for low wages on the one hand, and rampant unemployment on the other. The apex was reached more than half a century ago during that era of economic despair known as the Great Depression. Competition for limited markets demanded that labor costs be cut. The result...

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