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FOP LODGE 35 v. MONTGOMERY CO.

No. 67, September Term, 2013.

89 A.3d 1093 (2014)

437 Md. 618

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

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

April 18, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Chen, Jr. (Chen & McCabe, LLP, Rockville, MD; Margo Pave , Zwerdling, Paul, Kahn & Wholly, P.C., Washington, DC), on brief, for petitioners.

Edward B. Lattner , Chief Co. Atty. ( Marc P. Hansen , Co. Atty. Rockville, MD), on brief, for respondents.

Bruce Lerner, Esq. , Matthew Clash-Drexler, Esq. , Bredhoff & Kaiser, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC, for amicus curiae brief of the Maryland State Fraternal Order of Police.

Argued before BARB ERA, C.J., HARRELL, GREENE, ADKINS, MCDONALD, LAWRENCE F. RODOWSKY (Retired, Specially assigned), ALAN M. WILNER (Retired, Specially assigned), JJ.

HARRELL, J.

"Proximity to power deludes some into thinking they wield it," observed the character Francis Underwood, portrayed by Kevin Spacey, in the U.S.-version of the television series "House of Cards." Petitioner here, the Fraternal Order of the Police, Montgomery County Lodge 35 ("FOP"), fell under such a spell in maintaining this litigation. The Police Labor Relations Act ("PLRA") of the Montgomery County Code grants the FOP a proximity to power in requiring...

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