Legal Opinion
Eberhart v. Mayor of Baltimore
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided August 25, 1981No. [No. 3, September Term, 1981.]PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMurphy, C. J.
Smith and Digges, JJ., dissent. Smith, J., filed a dissenting opinion at page 115 infra, in which Digges, J., concurred.
The primary issue in this case is whether a sale-leaseback transaction, which the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore (the City) proposes to enter into, contravenes the debt limitation provisions of Art. XI, § 7 of the Constitution of Maryland:
"[N]o debt ... shall be created by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore ... unless such debt ... be authorized by an Act of the General Assembly of *95Maryland, and by an ordinance of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, submitted…
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