GEORGE v. BALTIMORE CNTY

No. 37, Sept. Term, 2018.

205 A.3d 950 (2019)

463 Md. 263

Anne GEORGE, et al. v. BALTIMORE COUNTY, Maryland, et al.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

April 1, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by Kevin B. Collins ( Michael N. Kennedy and Kamila Lis , Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC), on brief, for Petitioners.

Argued by James S. Ruckle, Jr. , Asst. County Atty. ( Michael E. Field , County Atty., Baltimore County Office of Law, Towson, MD), on brief, for Respondents.

Argued before: Barbera, C.J.; Greene, McDonald, Watts, Hotten, Getty and Sally D. Adkins, (Senior Judge, Specially Assigned) JJ.


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