Shapiro v. Mayor of Baltimore

Things are not always what they seem say the appellants, referring to their contention that the zoning authorities of Baltimore, sustained by the Baltimore City Court on appeal, when they approved the erection of three hundred twenty apartment units as a garden type apartment project were led astray because the two-story house-like structures (living and dining facilities on the first floor and sleeping quarters on the second) to be erected in batteries of fourteen around central parking areas, were in fact no more than row houses, prohibited in the area. They argue further that even if the…