Legal Opinion

Walmsley v. State

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland

Decided March 8, 1977No. 760, September Term, 1976PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtGilbert, C. J.

The automobile is both praised and damned, recognized as a popular common form of rapid transportation, a public as well as private necessity, and simultaneously accused of being a major air polluter. It has brought hours of untold pleasure to many but pain, misery, anguish and death to others. Regardless of how it is viewed, there are some persons who are as addicted to sitting behind a steering wheel as narcotics users are to dope.

This appeal arises because of Raymond Artemus Walmsley’s seeming inability to refrain from driving a motor vehicle notwithstanding that his privilege to do so has…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Matter of Mayor, Etc., of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1892
  2. Merritt v. StuveSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1943
  3. Galloway v. Wyatt Metal & Boiler WorksSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1938
  4. Snibbe v. RobinsonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1927
  5. Laubscher v. BlakeCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1935

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Locklear v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1992
  2. United States v. AmbroseCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2008
  3. Akins v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1977
  4. United States v. RobsonDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 2005
  5. Beckwith v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1989

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