O'LEARY v. SHIPLEY

No. 138, September Term, 1987.

313 Md. 189 (1988)

545 A.2d 17

DIANE O'LEARY v. LARRY W. SHIPLEY.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

August 2, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sharon E. Haynie, Columbia (American Civ. Liberties Union of Maryland on brief, Baltimore), for appellant.

Julia M. Freit, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., on brief), Baltimore, for appellee.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, COLE, RODOWSKY, McAULIFFE, ADKINS and BLACKWELL, JJ.


MURPHY, Chief Judge.

In May 1986 Diane O'Leary, a deputy clerk of the Circuit Court for Carroll County, filed as a Democratic candidate in the November election for Clerk of that Court, an office created by Article IV, § 25 of the Maryland Constitution. The office was then held by O'Leary's ultimate supervisor, the incumbent Clerk, Republican Larry Shipley. Shipley prevailed in the election. On the day of his investiture for a new four-year term as Clerk, Shipley...

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