ALTADIS U.S.A. v. PRINCE GEORGE'S CO.

No. 85 September 2010.

65 A.3d 118 (2013)

431 Md. 307

ALTADIS U.S.A., INC., et al. v. PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

April 25, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James K. Archibald , ( Maria E. Rodriguez of Venable, LLP, Baltimore, MD; Gregory K. Wells of Shadoan, Michael & Wells, Rockville, MD), on brief; Timothy F. Maloney , ( Joseph M. Creed of Joseph, Greenwald & Laake, P.A., Greenbelt, MD), on brief, for Petitioners.

David M. Funk , ( Karen J. Kruger of Funk & Bolton, P.A., Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Respondents.

Argued before BELL, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, MURPHY, ADKINS ELDRIDGE, and JOHN C. (Retired, Specially Assigned), JJ.


ELDRIDGE, J.

This Court granted petitions for a writ of certiorari in the present case to decide the validity, under Maryland law, of two Prince George's County ordinances regulating, inter alia, the packaging, sale or other distribution of cigars. The petitioners challenge the validity of the ordinances on several alternative grounds. They contend that the ordinances are not "local laws" and that, therefore, the ordinances exceed the County's authority under...

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