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PHILIP MORRIS v. GLENDENING

No. 10, Sept. Term, 1997.

709 A.2d 1230 (1998)

349 Md. 660

PHILIP MORRIS INCORPORATED et al. v. Parris N. GLENDENING et al.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

May 19, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Henry Lewin, Jr. (Venable, Baetjer and Howard, L.L.P., on brief), Baltimore, for appellants.

Carmen M. Shepard, Deputy Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen.; John B. Howard, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., all on brief), Baltimore, for appellees.

Argued before BELL, C.J., ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, CHASANOW, RAKER and WILNER, JJ., and ROBERT L. KARWACKI, Judge (retired), Specially Assigned.

BELL, Chief Judge.

The sole issue before the Court is the legality of a contingency fee contract executed by the Attorney General of Maryland and a private law firm for the purpose of representing the State in a major tort litigation. We shall hold that the contract, which was authorized by the Governor and approved by the Board of Public Works, is valid.

I.

On March 27, 1996, the Attorney General, after receiving authorization from the Governor...

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