Legal Opinion
Montgomery County v. Walsh
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided February 23, 1976No. [No. 201, September Term, 1974.]PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMurphy, C. J.
The Montgomery County Financial Disclosure Ordinance (the County Ordinance), codified as Chapter 20A of the Montgomery County Code (1974), requiring designated elected and appointed officials and employees of the County to disclose certain of their financial interests, was declared “unconstitutional, null and void in its entirety” by the Circuit Court for Montgomery County (Moorman, J.) on October 10, 1974. The court found that the Ordinance was in conflict with a public general law of the State and as such was void; that it violated the constitutional right of privacy of County employees,…
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