Austin v. Mayor of Baltimore

Decided September 13, 1979. Charles E. Orth Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

405 A.2d 255 · Cited 88 times

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• Mayor of Baltimore v. State Ex Rel. Blueford · 195 A. 571
• Cox v. Board of County Commissioners · 31 A.2d 179
• Mayor of Aldermen v. Stallings · 93 A. 974
• Campbell v. State · 284 N.E.2d 733
• Katz v. Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission · 397 A.2d 1027
• Robinson v. Board of County Commissioners · 278 A.2d 71
• Board of Trustees v. John K. Ruff, Inc. · 366 A.2d 360
• American Structures, Inc. v. Mayor of Baltimore · 364 A.2d 55
• Mayor of Baltimore v. Eagers · 173 A. 56
• Mayor of Baltimore v. State · 179 A. 169
• Jekofsky v. State Roads Commission · 287 A.2d 40
• E. Eyring & Sons Co. v. Mayor of Baltimore · 252 A.2d 824
• Muskopf v. Corning Hospital District · 55 Cal. 2d 211
• Godwin v. County Commissioners · 260 A.2d 295
• Geier v. Mercantile-Safe Deposit & Trust Co. · 328 A.2d 311
• Molitor v. Kaneland Community Unit District No. 302 · 163 N.E.2d 89
• Harris v. Jones · 380 A.2d 611
• Holytz v. City of Milwaukee · 17 Wis. 2d 26
• Mayle v. Pennsylvania Department of Highways · 388 A.2d 709
• Williams v. City of Detroit · 111 N.W.2d 1
• Stone v. Arizona Highway Commission · 381 P.2d 107
• Spanel v. Mounds View School District No. 621 · 264 Minn. 279
• Phipps v. General Motors Corp. · 363 A.2d 955
• Bernardine v. City of New York · 62 N.E.2d 604
• Hicks v. State · 544 P.2d 1153

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• Burns v. Mayor of Rockville · 525 A.2d 255
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• Tadjer v. Montgomery County · 479 A.2d 1321
• Rios v. Montgomery County · 872 A.2d 1
• Gaver v. Harrant · 557 A.2d 210
• Housing Authority v. Bennett · 754 A.2d 367
• Board of Education v. Mayor of Riverdale · 578 A.2d 207
• Mayor of Baltimore v. Whalen · 909 A.2d 683
• Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission v. Kranz · 308 Md. 618
• Gibson v. Housing Authority · 788 A.2d 234
• Clea v. Mayor of Baltimore · 541 A.2d 1303
• Harrison v. Montgomery County Board of Education · 456 A.2d 894
• Leese v. Baltimore County · 497 A.2d 159
• Medical Waste Associates, Inc. v. Maryland Waste Coalition, Inc. · 612 A.2d 241
• Johnson v. Maryland State Police · 628 A.2d 162
• Mora v. City of Gaithersburg · 462 F. Supp. 2d 675
• DiPino v. Davis · 729 A.2d 354
• Kelley v. R.G. Industries, Inc. · 497 A.2d 1143
• Boblitz v. Boblitz · 462 A.2d 506
• Foor v. Juvenile Services Administration · 552 A.2d 947
• Harford County v. Town of Bel Air · 704 A.2d 421
• Hoffman v. Baltimore Police Dept. · 379 F. Supp. 2d 778
• Coleman v. Soccer Ass'n · 432 Md. 679
• Strohofer v. City of Cincinnati · 6 Ohio St. 3d 118
• Baltimore County v. RTKL Associates Inc. · 846 A.2d 433

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