PIZZA DI JOEY v. MAYOR OF BALTIMORE

No. 41, Sept. Term, 2019.

235 A.3d 873 (2020)

470 Md. 308

PIZZA DI JOEY, LLC and Madame BBQ, LLC v. MAYOR and City Council OF BALTIMORE.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

August 17, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by Robert P. Frommer (Institute for Justice, Arlington, VA; Ari Bargil , Institute of Justice, Miami, FL; Glenn E. Bushel , Tydings & Rosenberg, LLP, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Petitioners.

Argued by Rachel Simmonsen , Co-Director Appellate Practice Group ( Michael Redmond , Co-Director, Appellate Practice Group and Andre M. Davis , City Solicitor, Baltimore City Department of Law, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Respondent.

Amicus Curiae Economics Professors in Support of Petitioners: James R. Wedeking, Esquire , James F. Hasson, Esquire , Sidley Austin LLP, 1501 K Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005.

Amicus Pacific Legal Foundation in Support of Petitioners: Gregory R. Reed, Esquire , The Cullen Law Firm, PLLC, 1101 30th Street, NW., Suite 300, Washington, D.C. 20007, David J. Deerson, Esquire , Timothy R. Snowball, Esquire , Pacific Legal Foundation, 930 G Street, Sacramento, CA 95814.

Amicus Curiae Urban Reform in Support of Petitioners: Mylan L. Denerstein, Esquire , Vincent Eisinger, Esquire , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166, David A. Schnitzer, Esquire , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, 1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20036.

Argued Before: McDonald, Watts, Hotten, Getty, Booth, Biran, Irma S. Raker (Senior Judge, Specially Assigned), JJ.


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