FOP LODGE 35 v. MONTGOMERY CO.

No. 132, September Term, 2011.

80 A.3d 686 (2013)

436 Md. 1

FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE LODGE 35, et al. v. MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Maryland, et al.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

December 2, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis J. Collins ( David Gray Wright and Patricia A. Ramudo of Kahn, Smith & Collins, P.A., Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

Jonathan S. Shurberg (Jonathan S. Shurberg, P.C., Silver Spring, MD), on brief, for Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

Karen L. Federman Henry , Division Chief ( Marc P. Hansen , Co. Atty., Erin Ashbarry , Associate County Attorney, and Silvia C. Kinch , Associate County Attorney, Office of County Attorney, Rockville, MD), on brief, for Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

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


BELL, C.J. (Retired).

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