DOE v. MONTGOMERY CTY. BOARD OF ELECTIONS

No. 61 September Term, 2008.

962 A.2d 342 (2008)

406 Md. 697

Jane DOE, et al. v. MONTGOMERY COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

December 19, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan S. Shurberg (Jonathan S. Shurberg, P.C., Silver Spring, MD; Joseph S. Kakesh of Arnold & Porter, L.L.P., Washington, DC; Susan L. Sommer and Natalie M. Chinof, Lamda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc, New York City), all on brief, for Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

Brief of Public Justice Center, Casa De Maryland and Maryland Disability Law Center as Amici Curiae for Appellants/Cross-Appellees: Gregory P. Care, Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr., Appellate Advocacy Fellow, Baltimore, MD.

Kevin Karpinski (Victoria M. Shearer of Karpinski, Colaresi & Karp, P.A., Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Brief of Amicus Curiae, Maryland Citizens for a Responsible Government Corp., Supporting Appellee/Cross-Appellant: John R. Garza, Rockville, MD Benjamin W. Bull, Brian W. Raum, Austin R. Nimocks, Amy Smith, Alliance Defense Fund, Scottsdale, AZ.

Argued before BELL, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, MURPHY, ADKINS and BARBERA, JJ.


BATTAGLIA, Judge.

The issue that presents itself in this case concerns whether the Montgomery County Board of Elections ("County Board") properly certified a petition for referendum proffered by the Maryland Citizens for Responsible Government ("Citizens Group") who sought to use the referendum process1 to overturn Bill No. 23-07, enacted by the Montgomery County Council and signed by the County...

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