QUINN v. BD. OF CTY. COM'RS. FOR QUEEN ANNE'S CTY.

No. 16-1890.

862 F.3d 433 (2017)

Kevin QUINN; Queen Anne's Research and Development Corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND; Queen Anne's County Sanitary Commission; Ph.D Robert M. Summers; Maryland Department of the Environment, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: July 7, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: David G. Sommer , GALLAGHER EVELIUS & JONES LLP, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellants. Kurt James Fischer , VENABLE LLP, Baltimore, Maryland; Nancy W. Young , OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MARYLAND, Baltimore, Maryland for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Anatoly Smolkin , GALLAGHER EVELIUS & JONES LLP, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellants. Amor Neill Thupari , VENABLE LLP, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees Board of County Commissioners for Queen Anne's County, Maryland and Queen Anne's County Sanitary Commission. Brian E. Frosh , Attorney General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MARYLAND, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees Maryland Department of the Environment and Robert M. Summers, Ph.D.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Wilkinson wrote the opinion, in which Judge Traxler and Judge Agee joined.


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