Pickett v. Prince George's County

In this declaratory judgment action, three issues are presented: (1) the alleged invalidity of a petition by way of initiative for an amendment to the charter of Prince George’s County; (2) the question of whether that charter amendment impaired contract rights of bondholders so as to be a violation of their rights under United States Constitution Art. 1, § 10, cl. 1; and (3) whether the Board of Election Supervisors of Prince George’s County properly performed its duties upon presentation to it of the petition proposing the charter amendment. In the view we take of the first question, we…