Brown v. Baer

The laws of Maryland pertaining to judicial review of county liquor board decisions, codified in Maryland Code (1957, 1981 Repl. VoL), Art. 2B, contain several provisions not found in typical statutes authorizing judicial review of administrative action. The issues in this case concern the interaction of three such provisions. The first is § 175 (e) (3), which states that the failure of the reviewing court to decide the administrative appeal within thirty days after the administrative record is filed shall constitute an automatic affirmance of the liquor board’s decision, unless the court has…