Baddock v. Baltimore Cnty.

*472 In Alice in Wonderland , the blue caterpillar appeared content to smoke a hookah by day. Here, we primarily consider whether legislation requiring hookah lounges to close at midnight violates due process and equal protection guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article 24 of the Maryland Declaration of Rights. Finding no Constitutional or other legal infirmity, we uphold the *473 restriction as a valid exercise of Baltimore County's police power.

BACKGROUND & PROCEDURAL HISTORY

In May 2014, the Baltimore County Council passed a bill that requires hookah…