SEAT PLEASANT v. JONES

No. 105, Sept. Term, 2000.

774 A.2d 1167 (2001)

364 Md. 663

The CITY OF SEAT PLEASANT, et al., v. Thurman D. JONES, Jr.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

June 27, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick C. Sussman (Council, Baradel, Kosmerl & Nolan, P.A., on brief), Annapolis, for petitioners.

Joseph B. Chazen (Gina M. Smith, Meyers, Rodbell & Rosenbaum, P.A., on brief), Riverdale, for respondent.

J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General of Maryland, Judith A. Armold, Assistant Attorney General, Baltimore, brief of Maryland State Board of Elections filed on behalf of petitioners, amicus curiae,

Argued before BELL, C.J., and RAKER, WILNER, CATHELL, HARRELL, BATTAGLIA and LAWRENCE F. RODOWSKY (Retired, Specially Assigned) JJ.


BELL, Chief Judge.

This case presents the issue of the propriety of the issuance of a writ of mandamus by the Circuit Court for Prince George's County. That court issued the writ based on its conclusion that the Seat Pleasant City Board of Supervisors of Elections, one of the appellants,1 acted arbitrarily and capriciously when it admittedly denied a registered voter the right to vote in that...

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